Is KIRKLAND Signature Organic Loaf ultra-processed?

765 g Wholemeal breads Sold in Canada

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Gluten
Vegetable fiber

42 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score A

Less processed wholemeal 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 (whole wheat flour, cracked whole wheat), water, wheat flour, and SEED MIX (sunflower seeds, flax, sesame seeds, flax, black sesame, pumpkin seeds, millet, rolled oats, spelt, barley, RYE, whole wheat, quinoa, triticale, yellow corn flour, khorasan flour, amaranth flour, buckwheat flour, sorghum flour, red fife flour, brown rice flour, purple corn flour), cane sugar (processing marker), oat fibre (ultra-processing marker), wheat flour (wheat flour, bacterial culture), yeast, vital wheat gluten (ultra-processing marker), sea salt (processing marker), wheat fibre (ultra-processing marker), molasses (processing marker), enzyme, ascorbic acid, triticale, sesame

As written on the pack

ORGANIC WHOLE WHEAT (ORGANIC WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, ORGANIC CRACKED WHOLE WHEAT), WATER, ORGANIC WHEAT FLOUR, ORGANIC WHOLE GRAIN AND SEED MIX (ORGANIC SUNFLOWER SEEDS, ORGANIC WHOLE FLAX SEEDS, ORGANIC SESAME SEEDS, ORGANIC GROUND FLAX, ORGANIC BLACK SESAME SEEDS, ORGANIC PUMPKIN SEEDS, ORGANIC MILLET, ORGANIC ROLLED OATS, ORGANIC ROLLED SPELT, ORGANIC ROLLED BARLEY, ORGANIC ROLLED RYE, ORGANIC ROLLED WHOLE WHEAT, ORGANIC QUINOA, ORGANIC TRITICALE FLOUR, ORGANIC YELLOW CORN FLOUR, ORGANIC KHORASAN FLOUR, ORGANIC AMARANTH FLOUR, ORGANIC BUCKWHEAT FLOUR, ORGANIC SORGHUM FLOUR, ORGANIC RED FIFE FLOUR, ORGANIC BROWN RICE FLOUR, ORGANIC PURPLE CORN FLOUR), ORGANIC CANE SUGAR, ORGANIC OAT FIBRE, CULTURED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, BACTERIAL CULTURE), YEAST, ORGANIC VITAL WHEAT GLUTEN, SEA SALT, WHEAT FIBRE, ORGANIC MOLASSES, ENZYME, ASCORBIC ACID. CONTAINS: WHEAT, OAT, RYE, BARLEY, TRITICALE, SESAME.

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.

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.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 102 wholemeal breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 39th. 85% of the wholemeal 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 102 wholemeal breads, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0096619316212, last edited 14 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.