Is Country Harvest Ancient Grains with Quinoa ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 37 ingredients
- 5 additives
- Nutri-Score A
Less processed sliced breads
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
wheat flour (whole wheat flour, wheat germ, wheat bran), Water, and seeds mix (flax seeds, oat flakes, red fife wheat flakes, barley flakes, spelt flakes, kamut, millet, amaranth, quinoa, sesame seeds, poppy seeds), Sugar (processing marker), Wheat gluten (ultra-processing marker), Yeast, Salt (processing marker), Sour starter (wheat, wheat flour, yeast, lactic acid (from bacterial culture)), Vegetable oil (processing marker), Oat flakes, wheat, Cracked rye, Calcium propionate, Soy lecithin (ultra-processing marker), Sorbic acid, Enzymes, Ascorbic acid, Order may vary
Additives: E200 Sorbic acid , E270 Lactic acid , E282 Calcium propionate , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin
As written on the pack
Whole grain wheat flour (whole wheat flour, wheat germ and/or wheat bran), Water, Whole grains and seeds mix (flax seeds, oat flakes, red fife wheat flakes, barley flakes, spelt flakes, kamut flakes, millet, amaranth, quinoa, sesame seeds, poppy seeds), Sugar, Wheat gluten*, Yeast*, Salt, Sour starter (ground wheat, cultured whole grain wheat flour, yeast, lactic acid [from bacterial culture]), Vegetable oil, Oat flakes, Malted crushed wheat, Cracked rye, Calcium propionate, Soy lecithin, Sorbic acid, Enzymes, Ascorbic acid. *Order may vary. Contains: Wheat, Barley, Oats, Rye, Sesame seeds, Soy.
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.
- E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
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.
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.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Among 389 sliced breads
From least to most processed, this one ranks 237th. 87% of the sliced breads here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0063400138803, last edited 11 May 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.