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Is Dempster's Bagels Original ultra-processed?

5x 75g, Net: 350 g Bagel breads Sold in Canada

Pack of Dempster's Bagels Original

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:

  • 19 ingredients
  • 6 additives

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

Enriched wheat flour, Water, Light rye flour, Sugar, Yeast, Wheat gluten, Salt, Cornmeal, Vegetable oil (canola, soybean), Calcium propionate, Fumaric acid, Sorbic acid, Malted barley flour, Soy lecithin, Potassium sorbate, _Ingredients may vary, _

Additives: E200 Sorbic acid , E202 Potassium sorbate , E282 Calcium propionate , E297 Fumaric acid , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin

As written on the pack

Enriched wheat flour, Water, Light rye flour, Sugar, Yeast, Wheat gluten, Salt, Cornmeal, Vegetable oil (canola or soybean), Calcium propionate, Fumaric acid, Sorbic acid, Malted barley flour, Soy lecithin, Potassium sorbate. Ingredients may vary. May contain: Sesame, Eggs, Milk, Sulphites.

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.
4 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.

  • E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 91 bagel breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 58th. 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 0068721704430, last edited 7 June 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.