Plain Wheat Flour - M&S - 500g
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Barcode: 29075966
Common name: Plain wheat flour
Quantity: 500g
Packaging:
Green dot
Brands: M&S, Marks & Spencer
Categories: Plant-based foods and beverages, Plant-based foods, Cereals and potatoes, Cereals and their products, Flours, Cereal flours, Wheat flours
Labels, certifications, awards:
Green Dot
Stores: Ocado, Marks & Spencer
Countries where sold: United Kingdom
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Health
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
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Vegetarian status unknown
Unrecognized ingredients: Iron, Thiamin
The analysis is based solely on the ingredients listed and does not take into account processing methods.
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Details of the analysis of the ingredients
: _Wheat_ flour (_Wheat_ flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin)- _Wheat_ flour -> en:wheat-flour - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_proxy_food_code: 9410 - percent_min: 100 - percent_max: 100
- _Wheat_ flour -> en:wheat-flour - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_proxy_food_code: 9410 - percent_min: 20 - percent_max: 100
- Calcium Carbonate -> en:e170i - vegan: maybe - vegetarian: maybe - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 50
- Iron -> en:iron - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 33.3333333333333
- Niacin -> en:e375 - vegan: maybe - vegetarian: maybe - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 25
- Thiamin -> en:thiamin - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 20
- _Wheat_ flour -> en:wheat-flour - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_proxy_food_code: 9410 - percent_min: 100 - percent_max: 100
Nutrition
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Very good nutritional quality
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: 1494, rounded value: 1494)
- 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%)
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 (1.4%)
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 (1.8%)
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 (0.01%)
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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Environment
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Eco-Score B - Low environmental impact
The Eco-Score is an experimental score that summarizes the environmental impacts of food products.→ The Eco-Score was initially developped for France and it is being extended to other European countries. The Eco-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
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Missing packaging information for this product
Malus: -15
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Eco-Score for this product
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Impact for this product: B (Score: 77/100)
Product: Plain Wheat Flour - M&S - 500g
Life cycle analysis score: 97
Sum of bonuses and maluses: -20
Final score: 77/100
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Carbon footprint
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Equal to driving 0.4 km in a petrol car
72 g CO² 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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Origins of ingredients
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