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Plain Flour – Asda – 500 g
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Barcode:
27429464
Barcode:
27429464
Common name: Plain white wheat flour
Quantity: 500 g
Brands: Asda
Categories: Plant-based foods and beverages, Plant-based foods, Cereals and potatoes, Cereals and their products, Flours, Cereal flours, Wheat flours
Labels, certifications, awards: Vegetarian
Manufacturing or processing places: United Kingdom
Link to the product page on the official site of the producer: https://groceries.asda.com/product/flour...
Stores: Asda
Countries where sold: United Kingdom
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Health
Nutrition
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Nutri-Score A
Very good nutritional quality
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Discover the new Nutri-Score!
The computation of the Nutri-Score is evolving to provide better recommendations based on the latest scientific evidence.
Main improvements:
- Better score for some fatty fish and oils rich in good fats
- Better score for whole products rich in fiber
- Worse score for products containing a lot of salt or sugar
- Worse score for red meat (compared to poultry)
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What is the Nutri-Score?
The Nutri-Score is a logo on the overall nutritional quality of products.
The score from A to E is calculated based on nutrients and foods to favor (proteins, fiber, fruits, vegetables and legumes ...) and nutrients to limit (calories, saturated fat, sugars, salt). The score is calculated from the data of the nutrition facts table and the composition data (fruits, vegetables and legumes).
Negative points: 4/55
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Energy
4/10 points (1511kJ)
Energy intakes above energy requirements are associated with increased risks of weight gain, overweight, obesity, and consequently risk of diet-related chronic diseases.
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Sugar
0/15 points (0.5g)
A high consumption of sugar can cause weight gain and tooth decay. It also augments the risk of type 2 diabetes and cardio-vascular diseases.
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Saturated fat
0/10 points (0.3g)
A high consumption of fat, especially saturated fats, can raise cholesterol, which increases the risk of heart diseases.
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Salt
0/20 points (0.03g)
A high consumption of salt (or sodium) can cause raised blood pressure, which can increase the risk of heart disease and stroke.
Positive points: 5/17
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Proteins
4/7 points (9.9g)
Foods that are rich in proteins are usually rich in calcium or iron which are essential minerals with numerous health benefits.
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Fiber
1/5 points (3.8g)
Consuming foods rich in fiber (especially whole grain foods) reduces the risks of aerodigestive cancers, cardiovascular diseases, obesity and diabetes.
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Fruits, vegetables and legumes
0/5 points (0%)
Consuming foods rich in fruits, vegetables and legumes reduces the risks of aerodigestive cancers, cardiovascular diseases, obesity and diabetes.
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Details of the calculation of the Nutri-Score
This product is not considered a beverage for the calculation of the Nutri-Score.
Points for proteins are counted because the negative points are less than 11.
Nutritional score: -1 (4 - 5)
Nutri-Score: A
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Nutrient levels
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Fat in low quantity (1.7%)
What you need to know- A high consumption of fat, especially saturated fats, can raise cholesterol, which increases the risk of heart diseases.
Recommendation: Limit the consumption of fat and saturated fat- Choose products with lower fat and saturated fat content.
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Saturated fat in low quantity (0.3%)
What you need to know- A high consumption of fat, especially saturated fats, can raise cholesterol, which increases the risk of heart diseases.
Recommendation: Limit the consumption of fat and saturated fat- Choose products with lower fat and saturated fat content.
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Sugars in low quantity (0.5%)
What you need to know- A high consumption of sugar can cause weight gain and tooth decay. It also augments the risk of type 2 diabetes and cardio-vascular diseases.
Recommendation: Limit the consumption of sugar and sugary drinks- Sugary drinks (such as sodas, fruit beverages, and fruit juices and nectars) should be limited as much as possible (no more than 1 glass a day).
- Choose products with lower sugar content and reduce the consumption of products with added sugars.
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Salt in low quantity (0.03%)
What you need to know- A high consumption of salt (or sodium) can cause raised blood pressure, which can increase the risk of heart disease and stroke.
- Many people who have high blood pressure do not know it, as there are often no symptoms.
- Most people consume too much salt (on average 9 to 12 grams per day), around twice the recommended maximum level of intake.
Recommendation: Limit the consumption of salt and salted food- Reduce the quantity of salt used when cooking, and don't salt again at the table.
- Limit the consumption of salty snacks and choose products with lower salt content.
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Ingredients
Food processing
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Unprocessed or minimally processed foods
Food products are classified into 4 groups according to their degree of processing:
- Unprocessed or minimally processed foods
- Processed culinary ingredients
- Processed foods
- Ultra-processed foods
The determination of the group is based on the category of the product and on the ingredients it contains.
Ingredients analysis
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Palm oil free
No ingredients containing palm oil detected
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Vegan status unknown
Unrecognized ingredients: Iron, Thiamin, Thiamin
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Vegetarian
No non-vegetarian ingredients detected
Unrecognized ingredients: Iron, Thiamin, Thiamin
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Details of the analysis of the ingredients
en: Fortified Wheat Flour (_Wheat_ Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin (B3), Thiamin (B1))- Fortified Wheat Flour -> en:fortified-wheat-flour – vegan: yes – vegetarian: yes – ciqual_proxy_food_code: 9410 – percent_min: 100 – percent_estimate: 100 – percent_max: 100
- _Wheat_ Flour -> en:wheat-flour – vegan: yes – vegetarian: yes – ciqual_proxy_food_code: 9410 – percent_min: 20 – percent_estimate: 60 – percent_max: 100
- Calcium Carbonate -> en:e170i – vegan: maybe – vegetarian: maybe – percent_min: 0 – percent_estimate: 20 – percent_max: 50
- Iron -> en:iron – percent_min: 0 – percent_estimate: 10 – percent_max: 33.3333333333333
- Niacin -> en:e375 – vegan: maybe – vegetarian: maybe – percent_min: 0 – percent_estimate: 5 – percent_max: 25
- B3 -> en:e375 – vegan: maybe – vegetarian: maybe – percent_min: 0 – percent_estimate: 5 – percent_max: 25
- Thiamin -> en:thiamin – percent_min: 0 – percent_estimate: 5 – percent_max: 20
- B1 -> en:thiamin – percent_min: 0 – percent_estimate: 5 – percent_max: 20
- Fortified Wheat Flour -> en:fortified-wheat-flour – vegan: yes – vegetarian: yes – ciqual_proxy_food_code: 9410 – percent_min: 100 – percent_estimate: 100 – percent_max: 100
Environment
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Green-Score A+
Very low environmental impact
⚠ ️Select a country in order to include the full impact of transportation.The Green-Score is an experimental score that summarizes the environmental impacts of food products.→ The Green-Score was initially developed for France and it is being extended to other European countries. The Green-Score formula is subject to change as it is regularly improved to make it more precise and better suited to each country.Life cycle analysis
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Average impact of products of the same category: A+ (Score: 97/100)
Category: Wheat flour, type 55 (for pastry)
Category: Wheat flour, type 55 (for pastry)
- PEF environmental score: 0.10 (the lower the score, the lower the impact)
- including impact on climate change: 0.72 kg CO2 eq/kg of product
Stage Impact 
Agriculture
78.4 %
Processing
4.8 %
Packaging
1.1 %
Transportation
8.0 %
Distribution
7.7 %
Consumption
0.0 %
Bonuses and maluses
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Missing origins of ingredients information
Malus: -5
⚠ ️ The origins of the ingredients of this product are not indicated.
If they are indicated on the packaging, you can modify the product sheet and add them.
If you are the manufacturer of this product, you can send us the information with our free platform for producers.
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No ingredients that threaten species
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Packaging with a low impact
Malus: -1
Shape Material Recycling Impact Bag Paper High
Green-Score for this product
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Impact for this product: A+ (Score: 91/100)
Product: Plain Flour – Asda – 500 g
Life cycle analysis score: 97
Sum of bonuses and maluses: -6
Final score: 91/100
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Carbon footprint
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Equal to driving 0.4 km in a petrol car
72 g CO₂e per 100g of product
The carbon emission figure comes from ADEME's Agribalyse database, for the category: Wheat flour, type 55 (for pastry) (Source: ADEME Agribalyse Database)
Stage Impact
Agriculture
76.6 %
Processing
5.0 %
Packaging
0.9 %
Transportation
13.8 %
Distribution
3.7 %
Consumption
0.0 %
Packaging
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Packaging with a low impact
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Packaging parts
Bag (Paper) - In contact with food
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Transportation
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Origins of ingredients
Missing origins of ingredients information
⚠ ️ The origins of the ingredients of this product are not indicated.
If they are indicated on the packaging, you can modify the product sheet and add them.
If you are the manufacturer of this product, you can send us the information with our free platform for producers.Add the origins of ingredients for this product
Data sources
Product added on by tacinte
Last edit of product page on by packbot.
Product page also edited by alia, musarana, openfoodfacts-contributors.