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Is Canyon Bakehouse Gluten Free Multigrain Bread ultra-processed?

32 oz Breads Sold in the United States

Pack of Canyon Bakehouse Gluten Free Multigrain 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:

  • 21 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

water, tapioca flour, brown rice flour, sorghum flour, cane sugar, brown rice flour, sunflower seeds, CONTAINS 2% and LESS OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING (canola oil), xanthan gum, egg whites, molasses, millet, eggs, yeast, sea salt, teff, quinoa, amaranth, buckwheat flour, enzymes

Additives: E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

WATER, TAPIOCA FLOUR, BROWN RICE FLOUR, WHOLE GRAIN SORGHUM FLOUR, CANE SUGAR, CULTURED BROWN RICE FLOUR, SUNFLOWER SEEDS, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING: EXPELLER PRESSED CANOLA OIL, XANTHAN GUM, EGG WHITES, MOLASSES, WHOLE GRAIN MILLET, EGGS, YEAST, SEA SALT, WHOLE GRAIN TEFF, WHOLE GRAIN QUINOA, WHOLE GRAIN AMARANTH, WHOLE GRAIN BUCKWHEAT FLOUR, ENZYMES. CONTAINS: EGGS

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.

  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
3 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,390 breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 989th. 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 0072250916547, last edited 17 July 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.