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Is BFree Stone Baked Pita Breads ultra-processed?

4 x 55 g Pitas Sold in the United States

Pack of BFree Stone Baked Pita Breads

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:

  • 31 ingredients
  • 8 additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed pitas

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, rice flour, potato flour, corn starch, tapioca starch, buckwheat flour, glycerol, bamboo fiber, inulin, sourdough (quinoa, rice, corn flour), psyllium husk, pea protein, pea fiber, corn flour, apple juice, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, canola oil, yeast, salt, xanthan gum, guar gum, glucono delta lactone, citric acid (mold inhibitor), malic acid (mold inhibitor), tartaric acid (mold inhibitor)

Additives: E296 Malic acid , E330 Citric acid , E334 L(+)-tartaric acid , E412 Guar gum , E415 Xanthan gum , E422 Glycerol , E464 Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose , E575 Glucono-delta-lactone

As written on the pack

Water, rice flour, potato flour, corn starch, tapioca starch, buckwheat flour, glycerol, bamboo fiber, inulin, sourdough (fermented quinoa, rice and corn flour), psyllium husk, pea protein, pea fiber, corn flour, apple juice concentrate, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, canola oil, yeast, salt, xanthan gum, guar gum, glucono delta lactone, citric acid (a mold inhibitor), malic acid (a mold inhibitor), tartaric acid (a mold inhibitor).

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.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • E422 Glycerol Glycerol is a sweet-tasting liquid used to keep products moist and soft.
  • E464 Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose 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.

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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 43 pitas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 39th. 37% of the pitas 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 43 pitas, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0852795005391, last edited 18 September 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.