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Is Brennans Be Good Whole grain bread ultra-processed?

Breads Sold in Ireland

Pack of Brennans Be Good Whole grain bread

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:

  • 28 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed 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

flour (wheat flour, wheat flour (wheat, calcium carbonate, iron, thiamin, niacin)), water, cracked wheat 4.4%, yeast, salt, wheat fibre, emulsifiers (e472e), e481, palm fat, soya flour, preservative (calcium propionate, only added to export products and during periods of very hot weather), to inhibit mould growth, rapeseed oil, flour treatment agent (ascorbic acid (vitamin c)), including cereals containing gluten, contains naturally occurring sugars

Additives: E282 Calcium propionate , E300 Ascorbic acid , E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E481 Sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate

As written on the pack

flour (wholemeal wheat flour, wheat flour (wheat, calcium carbonate, iron, thiamin, niacin)), water, cracked wheat (4.4%), yeast, salt, wheat fibre, emulsifiers: (e472e, e481), palm fat (sustainable), soya flour, preservative: calcium propionate (only added to export products and during periods of very hot weather, to inhibit mould growth), rapeseed oil, flour treatment agent: ascorbic acid (vitamin c). allergy advice: for allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold. *contains naturally occurring sugars

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.

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.

  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,388 breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1874th. 71% of the 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 2,388 breads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5011059001943, last edited 18 April 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.