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Is Bettergoods Double Cheese Bagel ultra-processed?

15 oz Bagel breads Sold in the United States

Pack of Bettergoods Double Cheese Bagel

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:

  • 16 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed bagel 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

Enriched wheat flour, water, medium cheddar cheese, asiago cheese, sugar, salt, yeast, distilled vinegar, vital wheat gluten, canola oil, monoglycerides, enzymes, calcium propionate, xanthan gum, yeast nutrient, calcium sulfate

Additives: E282 Calcium propionate , E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

Enriched wheat flour, water, medium cheddar cheese, asiago cheese, sugar, salt, yeast, distilled vinegar, vital wheat gluten, canola oil, monoglycerides, enzymes, calcium propionate, xanthan gum, yeast nutrient, calcium sulfate. Contains milk and wheat. May contain traces of eggs.

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.

  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.

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.
3 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.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 91 bagel breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 51st. 79% of the bagel 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 91 bagel breads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0194346188390, last edited 29 June 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.