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Is Joseph's Flax, Oat Bran & Whole Wheat Wraps ultra-processed?

9 oz Flatbreads Sold in the United States

Pack of Joseph's Flax, Oat Bran & Whole Wheat Wraps

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:

  • 39 ingredients
  • 11 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed flatbreads

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, Wheat Gluten, Whole Wheat Flour, Oat Fiber, Enriched Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), White Corn Flour, Sorbic Acid, Calcium Propionate, Cellulose Gum, Fumaric Acid, Enzyme, Trace of Lime, Golden Flax Seed, Corn Starch, Soy Flour, Soybean Oil, Soy Protein Isolate, Oat Bran, Salt, Calcium Sulfate, Ascorbic Acid, Sodium Aluminium Phosphate, Sugar, Baking Powder (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Corn Starch, Monocalcium Phosphate), Monoglycerides, Potassium Sorbate, Dextrose, Sodium Metabisulfite, Enzymes

Additives: E200 Sorbic acid , E202 Potassium sorbate , E223 Sodium metabisulphite , E282 Calcium propionate , E297 Fumaric acid , E341 Calcium phosphates , E341i Monocalcium phosphate , E450 Diphosphates , E450i Disodium diphosphate , E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose , E541 Sodium aluminium phosphate

As written on the pack

Water, Wheat Gluten, Whole Wheat Flour, Oat Fiber, Enriched Wheat Flour [Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid], White Corn Flour, Sorbic Acid, Calcium Propionate, Cellulose Gum, Fumaric Acid, Enzyme, Trace of Lime, Golden Flax Seed, Corn Starch, Soy Flour, Soybean Oil, Soy Protein Isolate, Oat Bran, Salt, Calcium Sulfate, Ascorbic Acid, Sodium Aluminium Phosphate, Sugar, Baking Powder (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Corn Starch, Monocalcium Phosphate), Monoglycerides, Potassium Sorbate, Dextrose, Sodium Metabisulfite, Enzymes.

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.

  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
  • E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose Carboxymethyl cellulose is a thickener made by chemically modifying cellulose from wood or cotton.

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.
  • 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.
5 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.

  • E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • 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 345 flatbreads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 316th. 75% of the flatbreads 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 345 flatbreads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0074117009959, last edited 1 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.