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Is Brownberry Organic Bread Thin-Sliced 22 Whole Grains & Seeds ultra-processed?

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Pack of Brownberry Organic Bread Thin-Sliced 22 Whole Grains & Seeds

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:

  • 36 ingredients
  • 1 additive

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

Whole wheat flour, water, cracked wheat, cane sugar, wheat gluten, yeast, flaxseed, sunflower seeds, soybean oil, sea salt, black, white sesame seeds, grain vinegar, pumpkin seeds, rye flour, flaxmeal, natural flavors, black chia seeds, kamut (khorasan wheat), kaniwa seeds, teff, brown rice, buckwheat flour, spelt flour, wheat starch, millet, amaranth, barley, blue cornmeal, oats, triticale, sorghum flour, quinoa, poppy seeds, citric acid

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Whole wheat flour*, water, cracked wheat*, cane sugar*, wheat gluten*, yeast, flaxseed*, sunflower seeds*, soybean oil*, sea salt, black and white sesame seeds*, grain vinegar*, pumpkin seeds*, rye flour*, flaxmeal*, natural flavors, black chia seeds*, kamut (khorasan wheat)*, kaniwa seeds*, teff*, brown rice*, buckwheat flour*, spelt flour*, cultured wheat starch*, millet*, amaranth*, barley*, blue cornmeal*, oats*, triticale*, sorghum flour*, quinoa*, poppy seeds*, citric acid.

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.

  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,390 breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1280th. 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 2,390 breads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0073410956724, last edited 23 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.