Is Dave's Killer Bread Organic Bagels Plain Awesome ultra-processed?

Bagel breads Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Gluten

19 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed bagel 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

wheat flour, water, ancient grains blend (barley meal, dark rye flour, spelt flour, whole millet flour, quinoa flour), wheat gluten (ultra-processing marker), cane sugar (processing marker), thick rolled oats, canola oil, yeast, wheat, vinegar, salt (processing marker), rye flour, yellow cornmeal, wheat enzymes

As written on the pack

organic wheat flour, water, organic ancient grains blend (organic barley meal, organic dark rye flour, organic spelt flour, organic whole millet flour, organic quinoa flour), organic wheat gluten, organic cane sugar, organic thick rolled oats, organic expeller pressed canola oil, yeast, organic cultured wheat, organic vinegar, salt, organic fermented rye flour, organic yellow cornmeal, wheat 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 91 bagel breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 20th. 79% of the bagel 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 91 bagel breads, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0013764028012, last edited 25 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 C (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.