Is Garant Ostbröd ultra-processed?

200 g Breads Sold in Sweden

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Sugar
Cheese

18 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score C

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

Vetemjöl 65%, vatten, ost (processing marker) 11% (mjölk, syrningskultur, salt (processing marker), kon, sistensmedel (e509)), socker (processing marker), rapsolja, jäst, salt (processing marker), stabiliseringsmedel (guar, kärnmjöl), antioxidationsmedel (askorbinsyra)

Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid , E509 Calcium chloride

As written on the pack

Vetemjöl 65%, vatten, ost 11% (mjölk, syrningskultur, salt, kon - sistensmedel (E509)), socker, rapsolja, jäst, salt, stabiliseringsmedel (guar - kärnmjöl), antioxidationsmedel (askorbinsyra).

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

Culinary ingredients

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 2,388 breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 646th. 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 7340083485497, last edited 5 April 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.