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Is Lender's blueberry bagels ultra-processed?

6 bagels Bagel breads Sold in the United States

Pack of Lender's blueberry bagels

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:

  • 48 ingredients
  • 10 additives

Less processed bagel 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

enriched wheat flour (niacin, reduced iron, enzyme, ascorbic acid, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, high fructose corn syrup, blueberry flavored bits (sugar, corn syrup, modified food starch (corn, wheat), corn cereal, cottonseed fiber, vegetable oil (cottonseed, soybean), natural and artificial flavor, red 40 lake, blue 2 lake, and blue 1 lake), yeast, contains 2% and less of (vital wheat gluten), salt, blueberry, soybean oil, preservatives (sorbic acid, calcium propionate), mono- and diglycerides, natural and artificial blueberry flavor (maltodextrin, gum abrabic, natural and artificial flavor, sugar), xanthan gum, dough conditioners (calcium sulfate, l-cysteine), enzyme (wheat gluten), caramel color, yellow corn meal

Additives: E129 Allura red , E132 Indigotine , E133 Brilliant blue FCF , E150c Ammonia caramel , E200 Sorbic acid , E282 Calcium propionate , E415 Xanthan gum , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E516 Calcium sulphate , E920 L-cysteine

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E150c Ammonia caramel.

As written on the pack

enriched wheat flour (niacin, reduced iron, enzyme, ascorbic acid, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, high fructose corn syrup, blueberry flavored bits (sugar, corn syrup, modified food starch [corn and/or wheat], corn cereal, cottonseed fiber, partially hydrogenated vegetable oil [cottonseed and/or soybean], natural and artificial flavor, red 40 lake, blue 2 lake, and blue 1 lake), yeast, contains 2% or less of: vital wheat gluten, salt, blueberry puree, soybean oil, preservatives (sorbic acid and calcium propionate), mono and diglycerides, natural and artificial blueberry flavor (maltodextrin, gum abrabic, natural and artificial flavor, sugar), xanthan gum, dough conditioners (calcium sulfate, l-cysteine), enzyme (wheat gluten), caramel color, yellow corn meal,

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.

  • E129 Allura red Allura red AC is a synthetic red azo dye (FD&C Red No. 40 in the US).
  • E132 Indigotine Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
  • E133 Brilliant blue FCF Brilliant blue FCF is a synthetic blue dye, listed in the US as FD&C Blue No. 1.
  • E150c Ammonia caramel Ammonia caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars with ammonia compounds.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
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  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

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.

  • 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.
  • High fructose corn syrup High-fructose corn syrup is made from corn starch: enzymes break it down to glucose and convert part of that into fructose, giving a syrup about as sweet as table sugar.
  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
  • Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
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.

  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • 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 91 bagel breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 91st. 79% of the bagel 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 91 bagel breads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0076800006979, last edited 14 July 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.