White Wheat Flour (Fortified)
Level 2 — Generally safe
White Wheat Flour (Fortified) is a other additive listed in the FDA food-additive database.
Also: wheatflour with calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin
Where you'll see it
M&S Best Ever Sausage Roll, breads, baked goods
What the research says
Van Tulleken explicitly carves out fortified white flour from the UPF definition: calcium, iron, thiamine, niacin added to flour by law in the UK do NOT make a product UPF. Important boundary case for distinguishing NOVA 3 from NOVA 4.
[ultra-processed-people] Van Tulleken explicitly carves out fortified white flour from the UPF definition: calcium, iron, thiamine, niacin added to flour by law in the UK do NOT make a product UPF. Important boundary case for distinguishing NOVA 3 from NOVA 4.
Regulatory status
- Notes: From enrichment source only, not in Winter Dictionary
Sources
- Ultra-Processed People (van Tulleken) — Chapter 20: What to do if you want to stop eating UPF: It doesn't count as a 'funky' ingredient because it's added by law to most white wheat flour. It's chalk