Is Warburtons Bakers Cinnamon & Raisin Bagels ultra-processed?

Bagel breads 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:

Dextrose
Glucose

19 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score C

Less processed bagel breads

New York Bakery Co The Original Plain Bagels New York Bakery Co 17 ingredients · 2 additives NOVA group 3
Sourdough bagels Fitzgeralds Sourdough Bagels 26 ingredients · 3 additives NOVA group 3
Original Thin Bagels Warburtons 19 ingredients · 2 additives NOVA group 3
NYC Bagels New York Bakery 20 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3

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 (with calcium, iron, niacin (b3), thiamin (b1)), water, raisins 7%, sugar yeast wheat gluten, dextrose (ultra-processing marker), cinnamon, salt (processing marker), malted wheat flour, maize, mixed spice, rice flour, preservative (processing marker) (calcium propionate)

Additives: E282 Calcium propionate

As written on the pack

wheat flour [with calcium, iron, niacin (b3) and thiamin (b1)], water, raisins (7%), sugar yeast wheat gluten, dextrose, cinnamon, salt, malted wheat flour, maize, mixed spice, rice flour, preservative: calcium propionate

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 91 bagel breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 46th. 79% of the bagel 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 91 bagel breads, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5010044008714, last edited 29 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.