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Is Village Bakery Tiger Bloomer ultra-processed?

White breads Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Village Bakery Tiger Bloomer

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:

  • 27 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed white 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 (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin), Water, Yeast, Rye Flour, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Rice Flour, Preservative (Calcium Propionate), Dextrose, Flour Treatment Agents (L-Cysteine), Ascorbic Acid, Malted Barley Flour, Raising Agents (Sodium Carbonates), Ammonium Carbonates, see NUTR TYPI Ener Fat of w Carb of w Fibre Prot Salt Bes ingredients in bold (wheat), sto dietary advice (dire FRE No palm oil, use Do 24-2)

Additives: E282 Calcium propionate , E300 Ascorbic acid , E500 Sodium carbonates , E503 Ammonium carbonates , E920 L-cysteine

As written on the pack

Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin), Water, Yeast, Rye Flour, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Rice Flour, Preservative: Calcium Propionate; Dextrose, Flour Treatment Agents: L-Cysteine, Ascorbic Acid; Malted Barley Flour, Raising Agents: Sodium Carbonates, Ammonium Carbonates. ALLERGY ADVICE: For allergens, see NUTR TYPI Ener Fat of w Carb of w Fibre Prot Salt Bes ingredients in bold. May also contain egg, milk, oats, soya and spelt (wheat). STO DIETARY ADVICE: Suitable for vegetarians. dire FRE No palm oil. use Do 24-2

What makes it ultra-processed

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.
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.

  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 367 white breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 144th. 86% of the white 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 367 white breads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600408521, 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.