Is Abbott's Bakery Country Grains ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- Gluten
- E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids
- E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids
- E481 Sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate
- 28 ingredients
- 3 additives
- Nutri-Score B
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Wheat Flour, Water, Mixed Grains 17% (Oats 4%, Kibbled Purple Wheat 3.7%, Kibbled Red Sorghum 3.7%, Rye 3.7%, Wheat 1%, Triticale, Buckwheat, Corn, Barley, Millet, Triticale), Soy 4%, Bakers Yeast, Wheat Gluten (ultra-processing marker), Seeds (Linseed, Sunflower Kernels), Vinegar, iodised Salt (processing marker), Canola Oil, Soy Flour, 472e, vitamins, Thiamin, Folic Acid
Additives: E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E481 Sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate
As written on the pack
Wheat Flour, Water, Mixed Grains (17%) (Oats (4%), Kibbled Purple Wheat (3.7%), Kibbled Red Sorghum (3.7%), Kibbled Rye (3.7%), Kibbled Wheat (1%), Kibbled Triticale, Buckwheat, Kibbled Corn, Kibbled Barley, Millet, Triticale), Kibbled Soy (4 %), Bakers Yeast, Wheat Gluten, Seeds (Linseed, Sunflower Kernels), Vinegar, iodised Salt, Canola Oil, Soy Flour, Emulsifiers (471, 472e, 481), Vitamins (Thiamin, Folic Acid).
What makes it ultra-processed
Cosmetic additives
Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.
- E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
- E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
- E481 Sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
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.
- Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
1 ingredient 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.
Among 2,390 breads
From least to most processed, this one ranks 1843rd. 71% of the breads here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 9339423007978, last edited 21 September 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 B (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.