Is Village Bakery lightly seeded medium sliced white ultra-processed?

Bread white from wheat flour of the highest grade GOST 26987-86 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:

Gluten
E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

22 ingredients
3 additives
Nutri-Score B

Less processed bread white from wheat flour of the highest grade GOST 26987-86

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 (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), water, mixed seeds 6% (linseed, sunflower seeds, millet, poppy seeds, pumpkin seeds), yeast, salt (processing marker), wheat gluten (ultra-processing marker), barley malt flour, spirit vinegar, calcium propionate, mono- and diacetyl tartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids (ultra-processing marker), rapeseed oil, ascorbic acid

Additives: E282 Calcium propionate , E300 Ascorbic acid , E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), water, mixed seeds (6%) (linseed, sunflower seeds, millet, poppy seeds, pumpkin seeds), yeast, salt, wheat gluten, barley malt flour, spirit vinegar, preservative: calcium propionate, emulsifier: mono - and diacetyl tartaric acid esters of mono - and diglycerides of fatty acids, rapeseed oil, flour treatment agent: ascorbic acid

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.

E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids 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.

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.

Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.

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 22 bread white from wheat flour of the highest grade GOST 26987-86

From least to most processed, this one ranks 11th. 68% of the bread white from wheat flour of the highest grade GOST 26987-86 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 22 bread white from wheat flour of the highest grade GOST 26987-86, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600259246, last edited 16 August 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 B (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.