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Is Arnold Whole Grains Oatnut Small Slice Bread ultra-processed?

1 lb 2oz Breads Sold in the United States

Pack of Arnold Whole Grains Oatnut Small Slice 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:

  • 25 ingredients
  • 3 additives

Less processed 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 flour, water, enriched wheat flour, flour, malted barley flour, reduced iron, niacin, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, oats, sugar, wheat gluten, yeast, vegetable oil, soybean, hazelnuts, filberts, wheat flour, sea salt, sunflower seeds, soy lecithin, natural flavors, grain vinegar, citric acid

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

whole wheat flour, water, enriched wheat flour, flour, malted barley flour, reduced iron, niacin, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, oats, sugar, wheat gluten, yeast, vegetable oil, soybean, hazelnuts, filberts, cultured wheat flour, sea salt, sunflower seeds, soy lecithin, natural flavors, grain vinegar, citric 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.

  • E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.
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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,388 breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1623rd. 71% of the 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 2,388 breads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0073410957301, last edited 25 June 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.