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Is Waitrose Beetroot Crisp Breads ultra-processed?

Crispbreads Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Waitrose Beetroot Crisp Breads

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:

  • 19 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed crispbreads

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, beetroot 20%, sesame seeds, flaxseed, wheat flakes, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, yeast, rapeseed oil, wheat gluten, wheat flour, salt, onion, black pepper, potato starch, flour treatment agent (ascorbic acid), malted wheat flour, malted barley flour

Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid

As written on the pack

Wholemeal wheat flour, beetroot (20%), sesame seeds, flaxseed, wheat flakes, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, yeast, rapeseed oil, wheat gluten, wheat flour, salt, onion, black pepper, potato starch, flour treatment agent (ascorbic acid), malted wholemeal wheat flour, malted wholemeal barley flour

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.

  • 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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 86 crispbreads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 72nd. 33% of the crispbreads 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 86 crispbreads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5063210009459, last edited 8 May 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.