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Is Warburtons Thick Sliced Wholemeal Bread ultra-processed?

Bread rolls Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Warburtons Thick Sliced Wholemeal Bread

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:

  • 21 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed bread rolls

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, Sourdough 3% (Water, Rye Flour, Salt), Coarse Wheat Bran, Rye Flour 2%, Malted Barley Flour, Salt, Vegetable Oils (Rapeseed, Sustainable Palm), Soya Flour, Caramelised Sugar, Wheat Flour, Flour Treatment Agent (Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C))

Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid

As written on the pack

Wholemeal Wheat Flour, Water, Wheat Gluten, Yeast, Sourdough (3%) (Water, Fermented Rye Flour, Salt), Coarse Wheat Bran, Rye Flour (2%), Malted Barley Flour, Salt, Vegetable Oils (Rapeseed, Sustainable Palm), Soya Flour, Caramelised Sugar, Fermented Wheat Flour, Flour Treatment Agent: Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C)

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.
3 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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 63 bread rolls

From least to most processed, this one ranks 16th. 79% of the bread rolls 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 63 bread rolls, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5010044010878, last edited 30 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.