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Is Bob's Red Mill Organic 7 Grain Pancake & Waffle Mix ultra-processed?

680 g Pancake mixes Sold in the United States and Panama

Pack of Bob's Red Mill Organic 7 Grain Pancake & Waffle Mix

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
  • 4 additives

Less processed pancake mixes

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

Whole Wheat Flour, Wheat Gluten, Rye Flour, Cane Sugar, Spelt Flour, Corn Flour, Oats, Baking Powder (Monocalcium Phosphate, Cornstarch, Sodium Bicarbonate), Khorasan Wheat Flour, Salt, Flaxseed, Quinoa Flour, Brown Rice Flour

Additives: E341 Calcium phosphates , E341i Monocalcium phosphate , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

Whole Wheat Flour, Wheat Gluten, Whole Grain Rye Flour, Cane Sugar, Whole Grain Spelt Flour, Whole Grain Corn Flour, Whole Grain Oats, Baking Powder (Monocalcium Phosphate, Cornstarch, Sodium Bicarbonate), Whole Grain Khorasan Wheat Flour, Salt, Flaxseed, Whole Grain Quinoa Flour, Whole Grain Brown Rice Flour.

What makes it ultra-processed

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.
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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 43 pancake mixes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 13th. 79% of the pancake mixes 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 pancake mixes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0039978118820, last edited 4 March 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.