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Is Abbott's Bakery Farmhouse Wholemeal ultra-processed?

Wholemeal breads Sold in Australia

Pack of Abbott's Bakery Farmhouse Wholemeal

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 21 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed wholemeal 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

water, flour 26% (rice flour, 1090 kj buckwheat flour), modified avg quantity per 100 g tapioca starch (1442), canola oil, sugar, 261 cal chia seeds, egg white powder, baker's yeast, nil detected lodised salt, thickeners (464, 466), vinegar, maize starch, linseed meal, 0, 43, il detected il detected 4.4g 316 mg gestion

Additives: E464 Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose , E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E464 Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose, E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose.

As written on the pack

water, wholemeal gluten free flour (26%)(wholemeal rice flour, 1090 kj wholemeal buckwheat flour), modified avg quantity per 100 g tapioca starch (1442), canola oil, sugar, 5.5g 261 cal chia seeds, egg white powder, baker's yeast, nil detected lodised salt, thickeners (464, 466), vinegar, 6.3 g maize starch, linseed meal. 0.8 g contains: egg. 43.0 g may contain: soy. 2.8g il detected il detected 4.4g 316 mg gestion

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.

  • E464 Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose 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.
  • E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose Carboxymethyl cellulose is a thickener made by chemically modifying cellulose from wood or cotton.
  • Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.
2 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.

  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 102 wholemeal breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 60th. 85% of the wholemeal 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 102 wholemeal breads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 9339423008807, last edited 29 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.