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Is Bakers Life Bakehouse Wholegrain mini wraps ultra-processed?

360g Flatbreads Sold in Australia

Pack of Bakers Life Bakehouse Wholegrain mini wraps

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:

  • 38 ingredients
  • 9 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed flatbreads

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

Wheat Flour (Includes vitamins, Thiamin, Folic Acid), Water, Vegetable Shortening Palm Oil, Emulsifier (471), Humectant (422), Mix (Kibbled Purple Wheat, Wheat Flakes, Kibbled Triticale (Wheat), Kibbled Wheat, Kibbled Rye, Kibbled Maize), Dough Conditioner (Emulsifiers, 1471 and 481, Includes Palm Oil), Soy Flour, Wheat Flour, Baking Powder, Raising Agents (501, 541), Wheat Starch lodised Salt, Linseed, Preservatives (281, 200), Wheat Gluten, Acidity Regulator (297), Thickener (412)

Additives: E200 Sorbic acid , E281 Sodium propionate , E297 Fumaric acid , E412 Guar gum , E422 Glycerol , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E481 Sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate , E501 Potassium carbonates , E541 Sodium aluminium phosphate

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E412 Guar gum, E422 Glycerol, E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids, E481 Sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate.

As written on the pack

Wholemeal Wheat Flour [Includes Vitamins (Thiamin, Folic Acid)], Water, Vegetable Shortening Palm Oil, Emulsifier (471)], Humectant (422), Wholegrain Mix [Kibbled Purple Wheat, Wheat Flakes, Kibbled Triticale (Wheat), Kibbled Wheat, Kibbled Rye, Kibbled Maize], Dough Conditioner (Emulsifiers [1471 and 481) (Includes Palm Oil), Soy Flour, Wheat Flour), Baking Powder [Raising Agents (501, 541), Wheat Starch lodised Salt, Linseed, Preservatives (281, 200), Wheat Gluten, Acidity Regulator (297), Thickener (412).

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.

  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • E422 Glycerol Glycerol is a sweet-tasting liquid used to keep products moist and soft.
  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
  • E481 Sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
  • Humectant Humectants are substances which prevent foods from drying out by counteracting the effect of an atmosphere having a low degree of humidity, or promote the dissolution of a powder in an aqueous medium.
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  • Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.

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.
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.

  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Sandwiches Products in the category "Sandwiches" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 345 flatbreads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 335th. 75% of the flatbreads 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 345 flatbreads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088700109571, last edited 16 December 2025), 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.