Is Fria Havre brød ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 22 ingredients
- 4 additives
- Nutri-Score C
Less processed sliced breads
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
water, gluten-free wheat starch 13%, gluten-free oat flakes 13%, potato starch (processing marker), rapeseed oil, yeast, dextrose (ultra-processing marker), syrup (from sugar beet), thickener (ultra-processing marker) (hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (ultra-processing marker)), salt (processing marker), psyllium husk (ultra-processing marker), maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker) (from maize), apple fibre (ultra-processing marker), acidity regulator (citric acid), emulsifier (ultra-processing marker) (mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids (ultra-processing marker)), preservative (processing marker) (calcium propionate)
Additives: E282 Calcium propionate , E330 Citric acid , E464 Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids
As written on the pack
water, gluten-free wheat starch (13%), gluten-free oat flakes (13%), potato starch, rapeseed oil, yeast, dextrose, syrup (from sugar beet), thickener (hydroxypropyl methylcellulose), salt, psyllium husk, maltodextrin (from maize), apple fibre, acidity regulator (citric acid), emulsifier (mono - and diglycerides of fatty acids), preservative (calcium propionate)
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.
- E464 Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
- E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
- Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
- Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.
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.
- Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
- Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
- Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
- Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
3 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.
- Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
Among 389 sliced breads
From least to most processed, this one ranks 386th. 87% of the sliced breads here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7330242240098, last edited 8 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 C (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.