Is Fitzgeralds Family Bakery Sesame Seed Bagels ultra-processed?

425 g Bagel breads Sold in Ireland

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
2 additives
Nutri-Score B

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

HOW TO PREPARE 5 SESAME SEED BAGE For best results, toast on a medium heat, FOR REDIENTS ied Wheat flour (Wheat flour, Calcium arbonate, Iron, Niacin (B3), Thiamin (B1)), Water, Rye Flour, Sugar (processing marker), Sesame Seeds 1.5%, Wheat Gluten (ultra-processing marker), Yeast, Rapeseed Oil, Salt (processing marker), Malted Barley Flour, Calcium Propionate, Sorbic Acid, including cereals containing gluten, see highlighted ingredients, how to store

Additives: E200 Sorbic acid , E282 Calcium propionate

As written on the pack

HOW TO PREPARE 5 SESAME SEED BAGE For best results, toast on a medium heat. FOR REDIENTS ied Wheat flour [Wheat flour, Calcium arbonate, Iron, Niacin (B3), Thiamin (B1)], Water, Rye Flour, Sugar, Sesame Seeds (1.5%), Wheat Gluten, Yeast, Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Malted Barley Flour, Preservatives (Calcium Propionate, Sorbic Acid). ALLERGEN ADVICE For allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see highlighted ingredients. HOW TO STORE

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 41st. 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 5099077001732, last edited 30 May 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 B (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.