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		M&S Collection Crafted Seeded Sourdough
7		M&S Robust Rye
8		M&S Collection Crafted Signature Sourdough Loaf
9		Bertinet Bakery Seven Seeds & Grains Sourdough Bread
10		M&S Only 4 Ingredients Wholegrain Sliced Rye Bread
11		M&S Collection Crafted White Sourdough
12		Sainsbury's 400g San Francisco Style Sourdough Bread, Taste the Difference
13		Rowan Hill Bakery Wholegrain Rye Bread 500g
14		Schneiderbrot Whole Grain Vollkornbrot Rye Bread 500g
15		M&S Nutrient Dense Super Seeded Oaty Sliced Bread
16		Scheider Bro Organic Rye Bread with Sunflower Seeds 7 Slices 500g
17		Celtic Bakers Organic Multiseed Sourdough Bread 500g
18		No.1 Spelt Sourdough Bread
19		Sainsbury's 400g Seeded Sourdough Bloomer Bread, Taste the Difference
20		Bertinet Bakery Rustic Country White Sourdough Bread
21		Bertinet Bakery Malted Wheat Sourdough Bread
22		Sainsbury's 350g Rye Sourdough Bloomer Bread, Taste the Difference
23		Biona Organic Rye Bread Chia & Flax 500g
24		Celtic Bakers Organic Spelt Sourdough 500g
25		Duchy Organic Seeded Sourdough
26		Crosta & Mollica Pane Pugliese
27		No.1 Wheat & Rye Sourdough Sliced Bread
28		Sainsbury's 400g White Sourdough Bloomer Bread, Taste the Difference
29		Biona Organic Rye Bread
30		M&S Cranberry and Pecan Baton
31		Duchy Organic White Sourdough
32		No.1 Rye and Wheat Dark Sourdough Bread
33		Bertinet Bakery White Sourdough Bread
34		Wildfarmed Sourdough
35		M&S Collection Crafted Signature Sliced Sourdough
36		M&S Collection Crafted Seeded Sourdough Sliced Loaf
37		Tesco Finest Garlic & Parsley Ciabatta 255G
38		M&S Large San Francisco Sourdough
39		Wildfarmed Seeded Sourdough Bread
40		Village Bakery 4 Panini Rolls 360g
41		Wildfarmed White Sourdough Bread
42		Sainsbury's Everything Winter Seasoning Sourdough, Taste the Difference 400g
43		M&S Kalamata and Halkidiki Olive Roll
44		Waitrose Roasted Garlic Ciabatta
45		Sainsbury's 400g Stonebaked Ciabatta Bread, Taste the Difference
46		Sainsbury's 400g Ploughman's Cheese & Pickle Dark Rye Sourdough Bread, Taste the Difference
47		Exceptional by ASDA Exceptional by Slowly Fermented Garlic Ciabatta 255g
48		Co-op Garlic Ciabatta Bread Sticks 135g
49		M&S San Francisco Sourdough Garlic Bread
50		Sainsbury's 800g Handcrafted Brown Sourdough Bread, Taste the Difference
51		GAIL's Sourdough
52		Sainsbury's 600g Handcrafted Seeded Sourdough Bread, Taste the Difference
53		Wildfarmed Twinpack Golden Grains Sourdough Rolls (x 2)
54		GAIL's San Francisco Sourdough
55		Cohens Bakery Challa Bread
56		GAIL's Potato & Rosemary Sourdough
57		M&S West Country Cheddar and Red Leicester Garlic Cob
58		Sainsbury's 800g Handcrafted White Sourdough Bread, Taste the Difference
59		Cohens Bakery Buckingham Rye Bread
60		GAIL's Farmer's Brown Sourdough
61		Ciabatta
62		Exceptional by ASDA Roasted Garlic Pinsa 274g
63		Exceptional by ASDA Sourdough Bloomer 400g
64		Morrisons The Best Brown Sourdough Pave 400g
65		The Northern Dough Co 4 x Garlic Ciabatta Squares 230g
66		GAIL's Waste-less Sourdough Bread
67		GAIL's Wholemeal Good Earth Sourdough
68		No.1 Hand-Stretched Cornish Sea Salt & Rosemary Focaccia
69		M&S Walnut and Honey Bloomer
70		Exceptional by ASDA Large Sourdough Seeded Boule 600g
71		Bertinet Bakery Traditional Sourdough 500g
72		Benus Whole Grain Wholemeal Bread 500g
73		Tesco Finest Seeded Sourdough Loaf 800g
74		The Best XL Californian Style Sourdough Bloomer 600g
75		Katsouris Brothers Genovese Spaccatini Breadsticks 150g
76		Manischewitz Unsalted Matzos 284g
77		Tesco Finest San Francisco Style Sourdough Loaf 600g
78		ASDA Extra Special Exceptional Ciabatta Loaf 400g
79		Tesco Finest Garlic & Parsley Ciabatta 255g
80		No.1 Camembert Bake & Dough Balls with Olive Oil & Garlic
81		GAIL's Ciabatta
82		Exceptional by ASDA San Francisco Style Sourdough Bloomer 600g
83		Exceptional by ASDA Brown Sourdough 400g
84		Exceptional by ASDA White Sourdough Loaf 600g
85		Exceptional by ASDA Panmarino Sourdough Loaf 400g
86		Tesco Finest White Sourdough Loaf 400g
87		Tesco Finest Seeded Sourdough Loaf 800g
88		Tesco Finest Seeded Sourdough Sliced Loaf 800 Grams
89		Tesco Finest Spelt and Rye Sliced Loaf 800G
90		Tesco Finest Spelt and Rye Loaf 800g
91		Tesco Finest White Sourdough Loaf 800g
92		Tesco Finest White Sourdough Sliced Loaf 800G

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