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Is Aldi Split Top Wheat Bread ultra-processed?

Wheat breads Sold in the United States

Pack of Aldi Split Top Wheat Bread

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:

  • 51 ingredients
  • 13 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed wheat 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

UNBLEACHED ENRICHED FLOUR Facts (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, Jutrition 22 servings per container Serving size 1 slice, wheat gluten, sugar, wheat bran, contains 2% reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, whole wheat flour, honey, and LESS OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING (yeast), soy flour, wheat flour, salt, soybean oil, dough conditioners (CONTAINS ONE and MORE OF THE FOLLOWING (sodium stearoyl lactylate), calcium stearoyl lactylate, monoglycerides, mono- and DIGLYCERIDES, distilled monoglycerides, calcium peroxide, calcium iodate, datem, ETHOXYLATED mono- and DIGLYCERIDES, enzymes, ascorbic acid), calcium sulfate, monocalcium phosphate, soy lecithin, salt, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, calcium carbonate, NO Artificial Flavors and Colors NO High Fructose Corn Syrup Amount per serving Calories Total Fat 0.5g Saturated Fat Og Trans Fat Og Polyunsaturated Fat Og Monounsaturated Fat Og Protein 3g Vitamin D 0mcg 0% Iron 1mg 6% Thiamin 0.2mg 15% Niacin 1.3mg 8% Cholesterol Omg Sodium 110mg Total Carbohydrate 13g Dietary Fiber less than 1g Total Sugars 2g Includes 2g Added Sugars 4% 70 % Daily Value* 1% 0% ● 0% 5% 5% 2% Calcium 50mg 4% Potassium 0mg 0% Riboflavin, Folate 55mcg DFE 15% (30 mcg Fclic Acid), ● The % Daily Value (DV), tells you how much nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet, 2‚000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice

Additives: E170 Calcium carbonates , E170i Calcium carbonate , E300 Ascorbic acid , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E341 Calcium phosphates , E341i Monocalcium phosphate , 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 , E516 Calcium sulphate , E916 Calcium iodate , E930 Calcium peroxide

As written on the pack

UNBLEACHED ENRICHED FLOUR Facts (WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, Jutrition 22 servings per container Serving size 1 slice (26g) WHEAT GLUTEN, SUGAR, WHEAT BRAN, CONTAINS 2% REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, HONEY, OR LESS OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING: YEAST, SOY FLOUR, CULTURED WHEAT FLOUR, SALT, SOYBEAN OIL, DOUGH CONDITIONERS (CONTAINS ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, CALCIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, MONOGLYCERIDES, MONO-AND DIGLYCERIDES, DISTILLED MONOGLYCERIDES, CALCIUM PEROXIDE, CALCIUM IODATE, DATEM, ETHOXYLATED MONO-AND DIGLYCERIDES, ENZYMES, ASCORBIC ACID), CALCIUM SULFATE, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE, SOY LECITHIN, SALT, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID, CALCIUM CARBONATE. CONTAINS: WHEAT, SOY. MAY CONTAIN SESAME. NO Artificial Flavors or Colors NO High Fructose Corn Syrup Amount per serving Calories Total Fat 0.5g Saturated Fat Og Trans Fat Og Polyunsaturated Fat Og Monounsaturated Fat Og Protein 3g Vitamin D 0mcg 0% Iron 1mg 6% Thiamin 0.2mg 15% Niacin 1.3mg 8% Cholesterol Omg Sodium 110mg Total Carbohydrate 13g Dietary Fiber less than 1g Total Sugars 2g Includes 2g Added Sugars 4% 70 % Daily Value* 1% 0% ● 0% 5% 5% 2% Calcium 50mg 4% Potassium 0mg 0% Riboflavin 0.1mg 8% • Folate 55mcg DFE 15% (30 mcg Fclic Acid) ● The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

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.

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.
4 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.

  • Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
  • 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 228 wheat breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 203rd. 92% of the wheat 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 228 wheat breads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4099100043389, last edited 26 February 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.