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Is Waitrose Leckford farmhouse loaf ultra-processed?

White breads Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Waitrose Leckford farmhouse loaf

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:

  • 31 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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

Leckford Estate wheat flour 47% (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), water, wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), rye sourdough 6% (water, rye flour, rye flour, salt, starters), rye flour, wheat flour, sea salt, wheat gluten, coarse wheat malt, malted wheat flour, malted wheat flour, wheat germ, barley malt extract NU TYP AS C Ener Ener Fat of w Cart of w Fibr Pro Salt ALLERGY ADVICE, wait including cereals containing gluten, May contain Produ Waitr nuts and other allergens, Brack RG12 8

As written on the pack

Leckford Estate wheat flour 47% (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), water, wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), rye sourdough 6% (water, wholemeal rye flour, rye flour, salt, starters), rye flour, wholemeal wheat flour, sea salt, wheat gluten, coarse wheat malt, caramelised malted wheat flour, malted wheat flour, wheat germ, barley malt extract NU TYP AS C Ener Ener Fat of w Cart of w Fibr Pro Salt ALLERGY ADVICE: For allergens, wait including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold. May contain Produ Waitr nuts and other allergens. Brack RG12 8

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.
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 367 white breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 64th. 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 5000169677018, last edited 15 April 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.