Is Bürgen Wholemeal & Seeds ultra-processed?

500 Bread loaves Sold in Australia

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Gluten

26 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score A

Less processed bread loaves

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, Wholemeal Wheat Flour 29%, Mixed 9% (Rye, Wheat, Buckwheat, Corn, Rolled Oats, Barley, Triticale (Wheat, Rye)), Wheat Gluten (ultra-processing marker), Mixed Seeds 6% (Poppy Seed 3%, Linseed 2%, Sunflower Seeds), Soy, Canola Oil, Baker's Yeast, Vinegar, lodised Salt, Wheat Flour, vitamins, Thiamin, Folic Acid

As written on the pack

Water, Whole Grain Wholemeal Wheat Flour (29%), Mixed Whole Grains (9%) (Kibbled Rye, Kibbled Wheat, Buckwheat, Kibbled Corn, Rolled Oats, Kibbled Barley, Kibbled Triticale (Wheat, Rye)), Wheat Gluten, Mixed Seeds (6%) (Poppy Seed (3%), Linseed (2%), Sunflower Seeds), Kibbled Soy, Canola Oil, Baker's Yeast, Vinegar, lodised Salt, Fermented Wheat Flour, Vitamins (Thiamin, Folic Acid).

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 28 bread loaves

From least to most processed, this one ranks 10th. 68% of the bread loaves 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 28 bread loaves, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 9310043008927, last edited 10 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.