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Is Bakers Life 85% Lower Carb, Higher Protein bread ultra-processed?

600g Special breads Sold in Australia

Pack of Bakers Life 85% Lower Carb, Higher Protein 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:

  • 21 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed special 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

Water, Wheat Protein, Soy Protein, Lupin Protein, Soy Meal, Linseed, Sunflower Seeds, Soy, Wholegrain Wheat Meal, Wheat Bran, Soy Flour, Yeast, Apple Fibre, Iodised Salt, Malted Barley Flour, Vinegar, Fermented Sugar, Emulsifier (322 From Soy), Acidity Regulator (262)

Additives: E262 Sodium acetates

As written on the pack

Water, Wheat Protein, Soy Protein, Lupin Protein, Soy Meal, Linseed, Sunflower Seeds, Soy Grits, Wholegrain Wheat Meal, Wheat Bran, Soy Flour, Yeast, Apple Fibre, Iodised Salt, Roasted Malted Barley Flour, Vinegar, Fermented Sugar, Emulsifier (322 From Soy), Acidity Regulator (262)

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.

  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.

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.

  • 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 364 special breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 184th. 76% of the special 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 364 special breads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 26216058, last edited 29 April 2023), 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.