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Is Dave's Killer Bread ultra-processed?

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Pack of Dave's Killer 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:

  • 26 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed special 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, whole wheat flour, yeast, flax seeds, sunflower seeds, millet, quinoa, malted barley extract, wheat flour, contains 2% and less of each of the following (cornmeal), wheat gluten, sea salt, cane sugar, brown flax seed, sunflower seed, canola oil, millet, quinoa, white sesame seed, citric acid, ascorbic acid, wheat flour (wheat flour, vinegar), enzymes

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Water, organic whole wheat flour, yeast, organic flax seeds, organic sunflower seeds, organic millet, organic quinoa, organic malted barley extract, organic wheat flour, contains 2% or less of each of the following: organic whole grain cornmeal, organic wheat gluten, sea salt, organic cane sugar, organic brown flax seed, organic sunflower seed, organic expeller pressed canola oil, organic hulled millet, organic quinoa, organic white sesame seed, citric acid, ascorbic acid, organic cultured wheat flour (organic wheat flour, organic vinegar), enzymes.

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.
2 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 363 special breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 114th. 76% of the special 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 363 special breads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0013764028142, last edited 1 October 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.