List of UK supermarket breads with no additives

Most breads are ultra-processed

Among the 600 UK supermarket breads in The Food App's database, over 70% of them can be considered ultra-processed by the NOVA classification.

The NOVA classification does allow for some additives like ascorbic acid, without putting them in the ultra-processed category. But we widened it further for this list, to breads containing any kind of additive or treatment agent. This makes it out to around 87% of all supermarket breads.

Less then 13% Real Bread

The remaining 13% of supermarket breads are what the Real Bread Campaign calls Read Bread: «Real Bread is made without chemical raising agents, so-called processing aids or any other additives».

However, this 13% figure should be considered an upper estimate. We only looked at the ingredients declared on the product label for this list. The Real Bread Campaign’s definition also excludes so-called processing aids, which may not always be listed as ingredients. Therefore, some breads that appear additive-free on the label may still not meet the Real Bread definition.

We did exclude breads with «fermented wheat flour», as the Real Bread Campaign points out may contain propionic acid (E280 as a preservation additive).

Still, while approximately 13% of supermarket breads in our database have no listed additives, the actual share of UK supermarket breads that fully qualify as Real Bread may be lower.

List of breads with no listed additives

No.	Image	Name
1		Seeded Sourdough 500g Specially Selected
2		Celtic Bakers Organic White Sourdough Bread 500g
3		M&S San Francisco Style Sourdough
4		No.1 White Sourdough Bread
5		Bertinet Bakery Seeded Sourdough Bread
6		Schneiderbrot Whole Grain Vollkornbrot Rye Bread 500g
7		M&S Robust Rye
8		M&S Collection Crafted Signature Sourdough Loaf
9		M&S Collection Crafted Seeded Sourdough
10		M&S Collection Crafted White Sourdough
11		Bertinet Bakery Seven Seeds & Grains Sourdough Bread
12		Rowan Hill Bakery Wholegrain Rye Bread 500g
13		Scheider Bro Organic Rye Bread with Sunflower Seeds 7 Slices 500g
14		M&S Nutrient Dense Super Seeded Oaty Sliced Bread
15		M&S Only 4 Ingredients Wholegrain Sliced Rye Bread
16		Celtic Bakers Organic Multiseed Sourdough Bread 500g
17		Sainsbury's 400g Seeded Sourdough Bloomer Bread, Taste the Difference
18		Sainsbury's 400g San Francisco Style Sourdough Bread, Taste the Difference
19		No.1 Spelt Sourdough Bread
20		Crosta & Mollica Pane Pugliese
21		No.1 Wheat & Rye Sourdough Sliced Bread
22		Celtic Bakers Organic Spelt Sourdough 500g
23		Bertinet Bakery Rustic Country White Sourdough Bread
24		No.1 Rye and Wheat Dark Sourdough Bread
25		Duchy Organic Seeded Sourdough
26		Bertinet Bakery Malted Wheat Sourdough Bread
27		Sainsbury's 350g Rye Sourdough Bloomer Bread, Taste the Difference
28		Biona Organic Rye Bread Chia & Flax 500g
29		Bertinet Bakery White Sourdough Bread
30		M&S Collection Crafted Signature Sliced Sourdough
31		Duchy Organic White Sourdough
32		M&S Large San Francisco Sourdough
33		M&S Cranberry and Pecan Baton
34		Tesco Finest Garlic & Parsley Ciabatta 255G
35		Sainsbury's 400g White Sourdough Bloomer Bread, Taste the Difference
36		M&S Kalamata and Halkidiki Olive Roll
37		M&S Collection Crafted Seeded Sourdough Sliced Loaf
38		Sainsbury's Everything Winter Seasoning Sourdough, Taste the Difference 400g
39		Wildfarmed White Sourdough Bread
40		Wildfarmed Seeded Sourdough Bread
41		Waitrose Roasted Garlic Ciabatta
42		Sainsbury's 800g Handcrafted Brown Sourdough Bread, Taste the Difference
43		Co-op Garlic Ciabatta Bread Sticks 135g
44		Wildfarmed Twinpack Golden Grains Sourdough Rolls (x 2)
45		Sainsbury's 400g Stonebaked Ciabatta Bread, Taste the Difference
46		Village Bakery 4 Panini Rolls 360g
47		Exceptional by ASDA Slowly Fermented Garlic Ciabatta 255g
48		GAIL's Sourdough
49		M&S San Francisco Sourdough Garlic Bread
50		Sainsbury's 600g Handcrafted Seeded Sourdough Bread, Taste the Difference
51		Sainsbury's 400g Ploughman's Cheese & Pickle Dark Rye Sourdough Bread, Taste the Difference
52		Cohens Bakery Challa Bread
53		GAIL's Potato & Rosemary Sourdough
54		GAIL's San Francisco Sourdough
55		Exceptional by ASDA Roasted Garlic Pinsa 274g
56		Sainsbury's 800g Handcrafted White Sourdough Bread, Taste the Difference
57		GAIL's Farmer's Brown Sourdough
58		GAIL's Waste-less Sourdough Bread
59		GAIL's Wholemeal Good Earth Sourdough
60		No.1 Hand-Stretched Cornish Sea Salt & Rosemary Focaccia
61		M&S Walnut and Honey Bloomer
62		Exceptional by ASDA Large Sourdough Seeded Boule 600g
63		Exceptional by ASDA Sourdough Bloomer 400g
64		Biona Organic Rye Bread
65		Manischewitz Unsalted Matzos 284g
66		Tesco Finest San Francisco Style Sourdough Loaf 600g
67		ASDA Extra Special Exceptional Ciabatta Loaf 400g
68		Cohens Bakery Buckingham Rye Bread
69		Tesco Finest Garlic & Parsley Ciabatta 255g
70		No.1 Camembert Bake & Dough Balls with Olive Oil & Garlic
71		GAIL's Ciabatta
72		Ciabatta
73		Exceptional by ASDA San Francisco Style Sourdough Bloomer 600g
74		Exceptional by ASDA Brown Sourdough 400g
75		Exceptional by ASDA White Sourdough Loaf 600g
76		Exceptional by ASDA Panmarino Sourdough Loaf 400g
77		Tesco Finest White Sourdough Loaf 400g
78		Tesco Finest Seeded Sourdough Loaf 800g
79		Tesco Finest Seeded Sourdough Sliced Loaf 800 Grams
80		Tesco Finest Spelt and Rye Sliced Loaf 800G
81		Tesco Finest Spelt and Rye Loaf 800g
82		Tesco Finest White Sourdough Loaf 800g
83		Tesco Finest White Sourdough Sliced Loaf 800G

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