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Is Warburtons Fruit Loaf with Cinnamon and Raisin ultra-processed?

400g Breads Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Warburtons Fruit Loaf with Cinnamon and Raisin

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:

  • 35 ingredients
  • 8 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

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, Raisins 24%, Cinnamon 6% (Sugar, Cinnamon 1%, Wheat Flour, Sunflower Oil, Dextrose), Vegetable Oils (Sunflower Vegetable Oils, Rapeseed Vegetable Oils), and Sustainable Palm in varying proportions, Yeast, Sugar, Salt, e471, e481, Wheat Gluten, e466, Soya Flour, Water, Potato Dextrin, e202, Guar Gum, Calcium Propionate, Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C), Wheat Flour (with Calcium, Iron, Niacin (B3), Thiamin (B1))

Additives: E1400 Dextrin , E202 Potassium sorbate , E282 Calcium propionate , E300 Ascorbic acid , E412 Guar gum , E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E481 Sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate

As written on the pack

Wheat Flour*, Water, Raisins (24%), Cinnamon Pieces (6%) (Sugar, Cinnamon (1%), Wheat Flour*, Sunflower Oil, Dextrose), Vegetable Oils (Sunflower, Rapeseed and Sustainable Palm in varying proportions), Yeast, Sugar, Salt, Emulsifiers: E471, E481, Wheat Gluten, Gelling Agent: E466, Soya Flour, Glazing Agent (Water, Potato Dextrin, Preservative: E202; Stabiliser: Guar Gum), Preservative: Calcium Propionate, Flour Treatment Agent: Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C), *Wheat Flour [with Calcium, Iron, Niacin (B3) and Thiamin (B1)],

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.

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.
  • Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
4 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.

  • E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,390 breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 2332nd. 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 2,390 breads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5010044002743, last edited 21 September 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.