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Is Franz Nine Grain Bread ultra-processed?

24 ounces Breads Sold in the United States

Pack of Franz Nine Grain Bread

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:

  • 43 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed 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

wheat flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, grain, seed blend (wheat, oats, oat flakes, barley flakes, triticale, soft white wheat flakes, rye flakes, amaranth, flax seeds, wheat germ, corn meal), vital wheat gluten, yeast, sugar, brown sugar, contains 2% and less of each of the following (vegetable oil (canola, soy)), raisin paste, sunflower seeds, golden flax, wheat flour, distilled vinegar, xanthan gum, salt, dough conditioner (ascorbic acid), calcium sulfate, enzymes, nonfat dry milk, soy flour

Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid , E415 Xanthan gum , E516 Calcium sulphate

As written on the pack

Enriched unbleached wheat flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin and folic acid), water, grain and seed blend (steel cut wheat, steel cut oats, oat flakes, barley flakes, triticale flakes, soft white wheat flakes, rye flakes, amaranth, flax seeds, wheat germ, whole grain corn meal), vital wheat gluten, yeast, sugar, brown sugar, contains 2% or less of each of the following: vegetable oil (canola and/or soy), raisin paste, sunflower seeds, golden flax, cultured wheat flour, distilled vinegar, xanthan gum, salt, dough conditioner (ascorbic acid), calcium sulfate, enzymes, nonfat dry milk, soy flour.

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.

  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
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.

  • 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.
  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,388 breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1117th. 71% of the 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 2,388 breads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0072220004571, last edited 18 March 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.