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Is Kirkland Signature Multigrain Loaf ultra-processed?

32 oz Breads Sold in the United States

Pack of Kirkland Signature Multigrain Loaf

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 36 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • 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

flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, sour culture, whole wheat flour, wheat berries, rye flour, whole wheat flour, brown sugar (sugar, molasses), CONTAINS 2% and LESS OF (flax seeds), millet, molasses, oats, wheat starch, salt, sunflower seeds, yeast, barley, semolina, yellow corn, rye meal, triticale, brown rice, barley flour, dough conditioners (enzymes, ascorbic acid)

Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid

As written on the pack

ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, SOUR CULTURE, WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, WHEAT BERRIES, RYE FLOUR, ROASTED SPROUTED WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, BROWN SUGAR (SUGAR, MOLASSES), CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: FLAX SEEDS, HULLED MILLET, MOLASSES, OATS, WHEAT STARCH, SALT, SUNFLOWER SEEDS, YEAST, BARLEY GRITS, SEMOLINA, YELLOW CORN, RYE MEAL, TRITICALE, BROWN RICE, BARLEY FLOUR, DOUGH CONDITIONERS (ENZYMES, ASCORBIC ACID)

What makes it processed

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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,390 breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 617th. 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 2,390 breads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 18234176, last edited 4 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.