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Is Brennans Bagels ultra-processed?

Bagel breads Sold in Ireland

Pack of Brennans Bagels

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 25 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

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

Wheat Flour (Wheat, Calcium, Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Sugar, Poppy Seeds 2%, Yeast (Yeast, Vitamin D Yeast), Salt, Soya Flour, Palm Fat, Preservatives (Calcium Propionate), Sorbic Acid (added to export products and during periods of very hot weather, to inhibit mould growth), Flour Treatment Agent (Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C), Made using EU and UK flour)

Additives: E200 Sorbic acid , E282 Calcium propionate , E300 Ascorbic acid , E502 Carbonates

As written on the pack

Wheat Flour (Wheat, Calcium, Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Sugar, Poppy Seeds (2%), Yeast (Yeast. Vitamin D Yeast), Salt, Soya Flour, Palm Fat (Sustainable), Preservatives: Calcium Propionate, Sorbic Acid (added to export products and during periods of very hot weather, to inhibit mould growth), Flour Treatment Agent: Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C) Made using EU and UK flour

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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.

Preservation and traditional processing

Keep food safe or ferment it, like preservatives and cultures. A sign of processing, not ultra-processing.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 91 bagel breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 19th. 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 5011059001783, last edited 23 February 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.