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Is Back To Nature Croutons ultra-processed?

737g Croutons Sold in Canada

Pack of Back To Nature Croutons

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:

  • 29 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed croutons

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

Focaccia bread (wheat flour, salt, mid-oleic sunflower, high oleic sunflower oil, yeast, sugar, rosemary extract, ascorbic acid), Mid-oleic sunflower, high oleic sunflower oil, Sugars (maltodextrin, sugar), Salt, Buttermilk powder, Whey, Garlic, Parmesan cheese, Onion, Cheddar cheese, Parsley, Cheddar cheese flavour (cheddar cheese, whey, microbial enzymes), Yeast extract, Natural hickory smoke flavour, Natural flavour

Additives: E392 Extracts of rosemary

As written on the pack

Focaccia bread (wheat flour, salt, mid-oleic sunflower and/or high oleic sunflower oil, yeast, sugar, rosemary extract, ascorbic acid), Mid-oleic sunflower and/or high oleic sunflower oil, Sugars (maltodextrin, sugar), Salt, Buttermilk powder, Whey, Garlic powder, Parmesan cheese, Onion powder, Cheddar cheese, Parsley, Cheddar cheese flavour (cheddar cheese, whey, microbial enzymes), Yeast extract, Natural hickory smoke flavour, Natural flavour. Contains: Milk, Wheat

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.

  • 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.

  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
  • 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.
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.

  • 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.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 15 croutons

From least to most processed, this one ranks 14th. 53% of the croutons 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 15 croutons, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0819898010790, last edited 1 April 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.