Essential waitrose plain white flour - 1.5 kg

Food processing

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  Unprocessed or minimally processed foods

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  Food products are classified into 4 groups according to their degree of processing:

  1. Unprocessed or minimally processed foods
  2. Processed culinary ingredients
  3. Processed foods
  4. Ultra processed foods

  
  

  The determination of the group is based on the category of the product and on the ingredients it contains.

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Ingredients analysis

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  Details of the analysis of the ingredients

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  : Fortified wheat flour (_wheat_ flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin)

  1. Fortified wheat flour -> en:fortified-wheat-flour - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_proxy_food_code: 9410 - percent_min: 100 - percent_max: 100
     1. _wheat_ flour -> en:wheat-flour - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_proxy_food_code: 9410 - percent_min: 20 - percent_max: 100
     2. calcium carbonate -> en:e170i - vegan: maybe - vegetarian: maybe - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 50
     3. iron -> en:iron - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 33.3333333333333
     4. niacin -> en:e375 - vegan: maybe - vegetarian: maybe - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 25
     5. thiamin -> en:thiamin - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 20

Nutrition

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  Very good nutritional quality

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  This product is not considered a beverage for the calculation of the Nutri-Score.

  Positive points: 8

  • Proteins: 5 / 5 (value: 10.5, rounded value: 10.5)
  • Fiber: 3 / 5 (value: 2.9, rounded value: 2.9)
  • Fruits, vegetables, nuts, and colza/walnut/olive oils: 0 / 5 (value: 0, rounded value: 0)

  Negative points: 5

  • Energy: 4 / 10 (value: 1473, rounded value: 1473)
  • Sugars: 0 / 10 (value: 1.8, rounded value: 1.8)
  • Saturated fat: 1 / 10 (value: 1.4, rounded value: 1.4)
  • Sodium: 0 / 10 (value: 4, rounded value: 4)

  The points for proteins are counted because the negative points are less than 11.

  Nutritional score: (5 - 8)

  Nutri-Score:

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  Nutrient levels

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    Fat in low quantity (2.2%)

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    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.

    Source: National Health Service UK (NHS) - Fat: the facts

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    Saturated fat in low quantity (1.4%)

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    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.

    Source: National Health Service UK (NHS) - Fat: the facts

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    Sugars in low quantity (1.8%)

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    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.

    Source: National Health Service UK (NHS) - Sugar: the facts

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    Salt in low quantity (0.01%)

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    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.

    Source: World Health Organization (WHO) - Fact sheet - Salt reduction

    Source: National Health Service UK (NHS) - Salt: the facts

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  Nutrition facts

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  Nutrition facts	As sold for 100 g / 100 ml	Compared to: White wheat flours
  Energy	1,473 kj (352 kcal)	+2%
  Fat	2.2 g	+91%
  Saturated fat	1.4 g	+522%
  Carbohydrates	71.2 g	-0%
  Sugars	1.8 g	+44%
  Fiber	2.9 g	-20%
  Proteins	10.5 g	-1%
  Salt	0.01 g	-44%
  Fruits‚ vegetables‚ nuts and rapeseed‚ walnut and olive oils (estimate from ingredients list analysis)	0 %

Carbon footprint

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  Equal to driving 0.4 km in a petrol car

  72 g CO² per 100g of product

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  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

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    1 x Bag (Paper)
    

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  • Packaging materials

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    Material	%	Packaging weight	Packaging weight per 100 g of product
    Paper or cardboard

Transportation

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