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Is Great Value Multi Grain Bread ultra-processed?

680 g Multigrain sliced breads Sold in the United States

Pack of Great Value Multi 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:

  • 33 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed multigrain sliced 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

water, whole wheat flour, wheat flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), wheat gluten, wheat, yeast, brown sugar, soybean oil, flax seeds, whole rye nuggets, molasses, oat fiber, rye, degermed yellow corn grits, salt, rolled oats, whole rye flakes, whole triticale, brown rice, whole barley flakes, millet, soy, enzymes, ascorbic acid, soy lecithen, calcium propionate

Additives: E282 Calcium propionate

As written on the pack

water, whole wheat flour, enriched unbleached wheat flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), wheat gluten, rolled wheat, yeast, brown sugar, soybean oil, flax seeds, whole rye nuggets, molasses, oat fiber, rolled rye, degermed yellow corn grits, salt, rolled oats, whole rye flakes, whole triticale flakes, parboiled brown rice, whole barley flakes, whole millet, defatted soy grits, enzymes, ascorbic acid, soy lecithen, calcium propionate.

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.
  • 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.

  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 59 multigrain sliced breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 42nd. 80% of the multigrain sliced 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 59 multigrain sliced breads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0078742020532, last edited 24 September 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.