Is Chef Select 2 Herb Baguettes ultra-processed?

350 gram Baguettes Sold in Belgium and Germany

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Gluten

22 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score D

Less processed baguettes

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

baguette (processing marker) 79.75708502024291% (vetemjöl, vatten, rågmjöl, jäst, salt (processing marker), bakmedel (vetemjöl, vetegluten (ultra-processing marker))), örtsmör 20.242914979757085% (smör (processing marker) 15%, vatten, lök, salt (processing marker), stärkelse (processing marker), ortkryddor 0.2% (persilja, dill, libbsticka), syra (citronsyra), kryddextrakt)

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

78,8% baguette (vetemjöl, vatten, rågmjöl, jäst, salt, bakmedel (vetemjöl, vetegluten)]), 20% örtsmör (15% smör, vatten, lök, salt, stärkelse, 0,2 % ortkryddor (persilja, dill, libbsticka), syra (citronsyra), kryddextrakt)

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.

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.

Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
Bread An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 67 baguettes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 43rd. 63% of the baguettes 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 67 baguettes, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489124214, last edited 20 March 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 D (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.