Tesco Finest White Sourdough Bread — TREAT

Munch or Dump rates Tesco Finest White Sourdough Bread by TESCO finest TREAT — score 45/90.

This is white bread wearing a sourdough costume: refined wheat flour and rapeseed oil dominate, with only a splash of fermented wheat flour to justify the 'sourdough' name.

Why this verdict

• Refined white flour is the #1 ingredient, spiking blood sugar fast
• 'Sourdough' is mostly branding, real fermented flour is a minor ingredient
• Added rapeseed oil bumps the fat and calories with no nutritional upside
• Nutrients (iron, B vitamins) are added back only because refining removed them

Ingredients (8)

• Wheat flour (fortified) (moderate) — Refined white flour is the dominant ingredient; fortified with calcium, iron, niacin and thiamin but stripped of the bran and germ of the whole grain.
• Water (safe) — Added back as a filler/texture agent; harmless but dilutes.
• rapeseed oil (moderate) — Refined oil added to the dough.
• Rye Flour (moderate) — A small amount of refined flour for texture; contains gluten.
• fermented wheat flour (safe) — The real sourdough component; fermentation can improve digestibility and lowers the glycaemic hit slightly.
• Salt (moderate) — Added for taste and mild preservation. Fine in small amounts but adds to daily sodium.
• Flour Treatment Agent (Ascorbic Acid) (safe) — Vitamin C used as a dough conditioner; benign.
• rice flour (moderate) — Refined starch used to build the crispy clusters — fast-digesting carbs, low nutrition.