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Is Vortigerm ultra-processed?

Breads Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Vortigerm

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:

  • 26 ingredients
  • 3 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, Wheat Gluten, Yeast, Sunflower Kernals 2.5%, Wheat, Linseed 1.5%, Soya 1.5%, Soya Nuts 1%, Salt, Rye Flour, Brown Cane Sugar, Maize Grits 0.5%, Malted Barley Flour, Malted Rye Flour, Wheat Bran, Rye Sourdough, Soya Flour, Flour Treatment Agent, Ascrobic Acid, Emulsifiers, mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids, Lecithin, flavouring, Spices Preservative, calcium proprionate

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

Wholemeal wheat flour, Water, Wheat Gluten, Yeast, Sunflower Kernals 2.5%, Malted Wheat, Linseed 1.5%, Soya Flakes 1.5%, Soya Nuts 1%, Salt, Rye Flour, Brown Cane Sugar, Extruded Maize Grits 0.5%, Malted Barley Flour, Malted Rye Flour, Malted Wheat Bran, Rye Sourdough, Soya Flour, Flour Treatment Agent; Ascrobic Acid, Emulsifiers, mono and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono and diglycerides of fatty acids, Lecithin, flavouring, Spices Preservative, calcium proprionate.

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.

  • E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
  • 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.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.
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 2,388 breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 2010th. 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 2,388 breads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5011376002647, 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.