No — Wheat flour sourdough bread is not ultra-processed.
Not UPF. The bread contains basic culinary ingredients: fortified wheat flour, water, rye flour, salt, wholemeal wheat flour, malted wheat flour, and wheat gluten. Fortification nutrients such as calcium carbonate, niacin, iron, and thiamin do not make a food ultra-processed. Malted wheat flour is not the same as malted barley extract, and no industrial flavorings, emulsifiers, artificial sweeteners, refined syrups, or other specified UPF additives are present.
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No — Wheat flour sourdough bread by sainsbury's bakery,Sainsbury's is not ultra-processed, so it is not a UPF (ultra-processed food). Not UPF. The bread contains basic culinary ingredients: fortified wheat flour, water, rye flour, salt, wholemeal wheat flour, malted wheat flour, and wheat gluten. Fortification nutrients such as calcium carbonate, niacin, iron, and thiamin do not make a food ultra-processed. Malted wheat flour is not the same as malted barley extract, and no industrial flavorings, emulsifiers, artificial sweeteners, refined syrups, or other specified UPF additives are present.
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.