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Is Aunt Millie's Fiber & Flavor Potato Bread ultra-processed?

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Pack of Aunt Millie's Fiber & Flavor Potato 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:

  • 36 ingredients
  • 9 additives

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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

flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate (vitamin b1), riboflavin, niacin (vitamin b3), folic acid), water, resistant corn starch, yeast, wheat gluten, sugar, soybean oil, potato flakes, salt, potato flour, wheat dextrin, calcium sulfate, monocalcium phosphate, wheat starch, monoglycerides, whey, calcium propionate (a preservative), wheat protein, natural and artificial flavors, ethoxylated mono- and diglycerides, dextrose, vinegar, lactic acid, citric acid, ascorbic acid, soy lecithin

Additives: E1400 Dextrin , E270 Lactic acid , E282 Calcium propionate , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid , E341 Calcium phosphates , E341i Monocalcium phosphate , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E1400 Dextrin, E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids.

As written on the pack

enriched flour [unbleached wheat flour, malted barley flour, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate (vitamin b1), riboflavin (vitamin b2), niacin (vitamin b3), folic acid], water, resistant corn starch, yeast, wheat gluten, sugar, soybean oil, potato flakes, salt, potato flour, wheat dextrin, calcium sulfate, monocalcium phosphate, wheat starch, monoglycerides, modified whey, calcium propionate (a preservative), wheat protein, natural and artificial flavors, ethoxylated mono - and diglycerides, dextrose, vinegar, lactic acid, citric acid, ascorbic acid, soy lecithin,

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.

  • E1400 Dextrin Dextrin is starch partly broken down by heat or acid, used as a thickener, binder and coating.
  • 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.
  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
  • 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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
5 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.

  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • 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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,390 breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 2333rd. 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 2,390 breads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0071314105064, last edited 22 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.