Is Alvarado St. Bakery Thin-Sliced Organic Bread Good Seed ultra-processed?

24 oz Sliced breads 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:

Gluten
Vegetable fiber

27 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score A

Less processed sliced 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 (whole wheat flour, cracked whole wheat), water, good seed® grain, seed mix (flax, sunflower seeds, brown sesame seeds, black sesame, flax, oats), cane sugar (processing marker), wheat gluten (ultra-processing marker), oat fiber (ultra-processing marker), contains 2% and less of each of the following (molasses (processing marker)), sea salt (processing marker), yeast, vinegar, wheat flour, enzymes, acerola cherry powder, 554-021120 urance 5209 se international way milwaukie, or 97222 by (qai inc, ic)

As written on the pack

organic whole wheat (organic whole wheat flour, organic cracked whole wheat), water, organic good seed® grain and seed mix (organic whole flax seeds, organic sunflower seeds, organic brown sesame seeds, organic black sesame seeds, organic ground whole flax seeds, organic steel cut oats), organic cane sugar, organic wheat gluten, organic oat fiber, contains 2% or less of each of the following: organic molasses, sea salt, yeast, organic vinegar, organic cultured wheat flour, enzymes, organic acerola cherry powder. 554-021120 urance 5209 se international way milwaukie, or 97222 certified organic by: qai inc. certified organic ic

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.

Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.

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.

Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 389 sliced breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 169th. 87% of the sliced 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 389 sliced breads, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0013764028296, last edited 24 July 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.