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Is Arnold’s Grains Almighty Bread ultra-processed?

Breads Sold in the United States

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:

  • 33 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, barley, wheat gluten, sunflower seeds, inulin (chickory root fiber), yeast, sugar, honey, wheat courdough (water, wheat flour), vegetable (soybean, palm), flaxseed, sea salt, sprouted wheat, molasses, wheat flour, rye, corn flour, triticale, lecithin, oil grain vinegar, natural flavors, cornstarch, citric acid, salt, r22, made in a bakery that may also use milk, tree nuts

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

whole wheat flour, water, barley, wheat gluten, sunflower seeds, inulin (chickory root fiber), yeast, sugar, honey, wheat courdough (water, fermented wheat flour), vegetable (soybean, palm), flaxseed, sea salt, sprouted wheat, molasses, cultured wheat flour, sprouted rye, corn flour, sprouted triticale, lecithin, oil grain vinegar, natural flavors, cornstarch, citric acid, salt. r22-334 contains wheat, soy. made in a bakery that may also use milk, tree nuts.

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

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,388 breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1845th. 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 0073410957806, 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.
  • 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.