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Is Dave's Killer Bread Organic Burger Buns ultra-processed?

499 g Hamburger buns Sold in the United States

Pack of Dave's Killer Bread Organic Burger Buns

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:

  • 20 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed hamburger buns

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

flours (wheat flour, whole wheat flour, barley flour, rye flour, spelt flour, millet flour, quinoa flour), water, cane sugar, wheat gluten, yeast, CONTAINS 2% and LESS OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING (sea salt), canola oil, wheat flour, vinegar, enzymes, sesame, ACEROLA CHERRY powder

As written on the pack

ORGANIC FLOURS (ORGANIC WHEAT FLOUR, ORGANIC WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, ORGANIC BARLEY FLOUR, ORGANIC RYE FLOUR, ORGANIC SPELT FLOUR, ORGANIC MILLET FLOUR, ORGANIC QUINOA FLOUR), WATER, ORGANIC CANE SUGAR, ORGANIC WHEAT GLUTEN, YEAST, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING: SEA SALT, ORGANIC EXPELLER PRESSED CANOLA OIL, ORGANIC CULTURED WHEAT FLOUR, ORGANIC VINEGAR, ENZYMES, ORGANIC SESAME FLOUR, ORGANIC ACEROLA CHERRY powder

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 55 hamburger buns

From least to most processed, this one ranks 5th. 96% of the hamburger buns 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 55 hamburger buns, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0013764028234, last edited 27 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.
  • 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.