Is Village Bakery 4 Wholemeal Baps ultra-processed?

Bread rolls Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

E481 Sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate

14 ingredients
4 additives
Nutri-Score A

Less processed bread rolls

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, Yeast, Sugar (processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Rapeseed Oil, Barley, Soya Flour, Sodium Stearoyl-2-Lactylate (ultra-processing marker), Calcium Propionate, Palm Oil, Alpha Amylase, Ascorbic Acid, Palm Fat

Additives: E1100 Alpha-Amylase , E282 Calcium propionate , E300 Ascorbic acid , E481 Sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate

As written on the pack

Wholemeal Wheat Flour, Water, Yeast, Sugar, Salt, Rapeseed Oil, Barley, Soya Flour, Emulsifier (Sodium Stearoyl-2-Lactylate), Preservative (Calcium Propionate), Palm Oil, Flour Treatment Agents (Alpha Amylase, Ascorbic Acid), Palm Fat

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.

E481 Sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.

2 ingredients 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.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 63 bread rolls

From least to most processed, this one ranks 20th. 79% of the bread rolls 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 63 bread rolls, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600339351, last edited 14 September 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.