Is 365 Whole Foods Market Organic Sprouted Whole Wheat Sandwich Bread ultra-processed?

Breads Sold in the United States

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Sugar
Vegetable oil

11 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score A

Less processed breads

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

whole wheat, cane sugar (processing marker), water, vital wheat gluten, wheat flour, brown flaxseed meal, yeast, sunflower seed oil (processing marker), sea salt (processing marker), molasses (processing marker), sesame

As written on the pack

ORGANIC SPROUTED WHOLE WHEAT, ORGANIC CANE SUGAR, WATER, ORGANIC VITAL WHEAT GLUTEN, CULTURED WHEAT FLOUR, ORGANIC BROWN FLAXSEED MEAL, YEAST, ORGANIC SUNFLOWER SEED OIL, SEA SALT, ORGANIC MOLASSES, ORGANIC SESAME FLOUR

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,390 breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 293rd. 71% of the breads here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 2,390 breads, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0099482527914, last edited 21 May 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of A (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.