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Is The Health Menu Seede Bread ultra-processed?

Breads Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of The Health Menu Seede Bread

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 33 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed breads

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Wheat Flour, Water, Mixed Seeds 9% (Brown Linseeds, Sunflower Seeds, Pumpkin Seeds, Poppy Seeds, Golden Linseeds, Millet), Wheat Protein, Yeast, Pulse Blend 2% (Green Split Peas, Chickpea Flour, Broad Bean Protein, Red Lentil Protein, Red Lentils, Kibbled Chickpeas), Wheat Flour, Salt, Vegetable Oils and Fat (Rapeseed Oil, Palm Fat, Palm Oil), Spirit Vinegar, Soya Flour, Emulsifier (mono- and Diacetyl Tartaric Acid Esters of mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids), Dextrose, Malted Barley Flour, Flour Treatment Agent (Ascorbic Acid), including cereals containing gluten

Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid , E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

Wholemeal Wheat Flour, Water, Mixed Seeds (9%) [Brown Linseeds, Sunflower Seeds, Pumpkin Seeds, Poppy Seeds, Golden Linseeds, Millet], Wheat Protein, Yeast, Pulse Blend (2%) [Green Split Peas, Chickpea Flour, Broad Bean Protein, Red Lentil Protein, Red Split Lentils, Kibbled Chickpeas], Fermented Wheat Flour, Salt, Vegetable Oils and Fat [Rapeseed Oil, Palm Fat, Palm Oil], Spirit Vinegar, Soya Flour, Emulsifier (Mono - and Diacetyl Tartaric Acid Esters of Mono - and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids), Dextrose, Malted Barley Flour, Flour Treatment Agent (Ascorbic Acid). Allergy Advice! for allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold. May also contain rye and oats.

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
1 ingredient that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,390 breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1798th. 71% of the breads here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 2,390 breads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5063089337820, last edited 27 March 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
  • NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.