No — White Sourdough is not ultra-processed.
A simple sourdough bread made with familiar baking ingredients.
This bread is not ultra-processed. It is made from basic ingredients such as fortified wheat flour, water, rice flour, salt, rapeseed oil, extra virgin olive oil, fermented wheat flour, and soya flour. Fortification minerals and vitamins, along with ascorbic acid used as a flour treatment agent, are basic nutritional or baking ingredients rather than industrial formulations characteristic of ultra-processed foods.
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No — White Sourdough by Sainsbury's is not ultra-processed, so it is not a UPF (ultra-processed food). This bread is not ultra-processed. It is made from basic ingredients such as fortified wheat flour, water, rice flour, salt, rapeseed oil, extra virgin olive oil, fermented wheat flour, and soya flour. Fortification minerals and vitamins, along with ascorbic acid used as a flour treatment agent, are basic nutritional or baking ingredients rather than industrial formulations characteristic of ultra-processed foods.
Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are industrial formulations made with ingredients and additives you wouldn't find in a home kitchen — such as emulsifiers, artificial flavourings, colourings and modified starches. The classification is based on the NOVA system used by researchers and dietitians worldwide.
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Product information comes from public databases and Nomi's own analysis, and may contain errors. Always check the packaging. Ultra-processed classification is based on the NOVA food processing system.