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Is Hero Classic Burger Buns ultra-processed?

17.5 oz Hamburger buns Sold in the United States

Pack of Hero Classic Burger Buns

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:

  • 23 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed hamburger buns

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, resistant wheat starch, wheat protein, olive oil, yeast, fava bean protein, flaxseed, vinegar (less than 2%), salt, guar gum, allulose, wheat flour, natural flavors, monk fruit extract, enzymes, ascorbic acid, sunflower lecithin, Produced in a facility that also produces soy, eggs, milk, sesame, and tree nuts

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E412 Guar gum

As written on the pack

Water, resistant wheat starch, wheat protein, olive oil, yeast, fava bean protein, milled flaxseed, vinegar (less than 2%), salt, guar gum, allulose, cultured wheat flour, natural flavors, monk fruit extract, enzymes, ascorbic acid, sunflower lecithin. CONTAINS: Wheat. Produced in a facility that also produces soy, eggs, milk, sesame, and tree nuts.

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.

  • E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Sweetener Sweeteners give sweetness with few or no calories, many at hundreds of times the strength of sugar.
2 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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 55 hamburger buns

From least to most processed, this one ranks 21st. 96% of the hamburger buns 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 55 hamburger buns, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0850047659224, last edited 30 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.