Is 4C Panko Plain ultra-processed?

30 g Bread crumbs Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Dextrose
Glucose

8 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed bread crumbs

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

panko japanese style bread crumbs (wheat flour, dextrose (ultra-processing marker), sugar (processing marker), yeast, salt (processing marker)), soybean, non-fat dry milk (processing marker)

As written on the pack

PANKO JAPANESE STYLE BREAD CRUMBS (WHEAT FLOUR, DEXTROSE, SUGAR, YEAST, SALT), SOYBEAN FLOUR AND NON-FAT DRY MILK.

What makes it ultra-processed

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.

3 ingredients that would only make it processed

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.
Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 37 bread crumbs

From least to most processed, this one ranks 27th. 54% of the bread crumbs 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 37 bread crumbs, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0041387530209, last edited 6 April 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 C (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.