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Is H-E-B Ancient Grains Bread ultra-processed?

20 oz Breads Sold in the United States

Pack of H-E-B Ancient Grains 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:

  • 30 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

whole wheat flour, water, wheat flour, sugar, brown flax seeds, yeast, soybean oil, brown rice, RYE, spelt flour, oats, quinoa flour, wheat gluten, barley, black sesame, sea salt, molasses, buckwheat flour, chia seeds, sorghum flour, hemp seeds, vinegar, amaranth flour, teff flour, wheat flour, acacia gum, ascorbic acid, citric acid, contains, wheat sesame

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E414 Acacia gum

As written on the pack

ORGANIC WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, WATER, ORGANIC WHEAT FLOUR, ORGANIC SUGAR, ORGANIC BROWN FLAX SEEDS, YEAST, ORGANIC SOYBEAN OIL, ORGANIC BROWN RICE, ORGANIC RYE, ORGANIC SPELT FLOUR, ORGANIC OATS, ORGANIC QUINOA FLOUR, ORGANIC WHEAT GLUTEN, ORGANIC BARLEY, ORGANIC BLACK SESAME SEEDS, SEA SALT, ORGANIC MOLASSES, ORGANIC BUCKWHEAT FLOUR, ORGANIC CHIA SEEDS, ORGANIC SORGHUM FLOUR, ORGANIC HEMP SEEDS. ORGANIC VINEGAR, ORGANIC AMARANTH FLOUR, ORGANIC TEFF FLOUR, CULTURED ORGANIC WHEAT FLOUR, ORGANIC ACACIA GUM, ASCORBIC ACID, CITRIC ACID. CONTAINS, WHEAT SESAME

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.

  • E414 Acacia gum Gum arabic (acacia gum) is the hardened sap of acacia trees, used to stabilise flavour emulsions in soft drinks and to coat sweets.

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.
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 2,388 breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1344th. 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 0041220973958, last edited 26 February 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.