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Is Les Grains St-Méthode Pain brun St-Méthode ultra-processed?

Sliced breads Sold in Canada and France

Pack of Les Grains St-Méthode Pain brun St-Méthode

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:

  • 13 ingredients
  • 4 additives

Less processed sliced 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

Integral wheat flour, Whole wheat 14% flour with germ, Wheat gluten, Yeast, Oat hull fibre, Salt, Sunflower lecithin, Vinegar, Calcium propionate, Sorbic acid, Soy flour, S Visit www.diabetes.ca 2%, Non-S

Additives: E200 Sorbic acid , E282 Calcium propionate , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin

As written on the pack

Integral wheat flour, Whole wheat 14% flour with germ, Wheat gluten, Yeast, Oat hull fibre, Salt, Sunflower lecithin, 0% Vinegar, Calcium propionate, Sorbic acid, Soy flour. Contains: Wheat, Soy. May contain: Sesame. 6% 2% S Visit www.diabetes.ca (Non-S

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.

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.
1 ingredient 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 389 sliced breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 218th. 87% of the sliced 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 389 sliced breads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0068505100250, last edited 22 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.