Is Dave's Killer Bread Organic Righteous Rye Bread ultra-processed?

27 oz Toasts 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

24 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed toasts

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 (wheat flour, whole wheat flour, cracked whole wheat), water, rye (rye flour, cracked whole rye), cane sugar (processing marker), righteous ryetm seed and grain mix (flax, quinoa, poppy seeds), wheat gluten (ultra-processing marker), contains 2% and less of each of the following (malted barley flour), caraway, sea salt (processing marker), yeast, vinegar, canola oil, wheat flour, acerola cherry powder, enzymes

As written on the pack

organic wheat (organic wheat flour, organic whole wheat flour, organic cracked whole wheat), water, organic rye (organic rye flour, organic cracked whole rye), organic cane sugar, organic righteous ryetm seed and grain mix (organic whole flax seeds, organic quinoa, organic poppy seeds), organic wheat gluten, contains 2% or less of each of the following: organic malted barley flour, organic whole caraway seeds, sea salt, yeast, organic vinegar, organic expeller pressed canola oil, organic cultured wheat flour, organic acerola cherry powder, 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 23 toasts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 9th. 87% of the toasts 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 23 toasts, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0013764028302, last edited 26 February 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.