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Is Dempster's Protein with Whole Grains ultra-processed?

600g Bran bread Sold in Canada

Pack of Dempster's Protein with Whole Grains

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
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed bran bread

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 including the germ, Enriched wheat flour, Wheat gluten, Pea protein, Yeast", Sunflower seeds, Cracked wheat, Pumpkin seeds, Vinegar, Salt, Flax seeds, Sesame seeds, Soybean lecithin, Calcium propionate, Sorbic acid, Citric acid, Sunflower lecithin, Ingredients may vary

Additives: E200 Sorbic acid , E282 Calcium propionate , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Water, Whole grain whole wheat flour including the germ, Enriched wheat flour, Wheat gluten, Pea protein, Yeast", Sunflower seeds, Cracked wheat, Pumpkin seeds, Vinegar, Salt, Flax seeds, Sesame seeds, Soybean lecithin, Calcium propionate, Sorbic acid, Citric acid, Sunflower lecithin. *Ingredients may vary.

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.
1 ingredient 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 8 bran bread

From least to most processed, this one ranks 6th. 75% of the bran bread 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 8 bran bread, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0068721019343, last edited 2 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.