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Is LF Oven Fresh Whole Wheat + Flax & Oat Bran Pita Bread ultra-processed?

37 g Pitas Sold in the United States

Pack of LF Oven Fresh Whole Wheat + Flax & Oat Bran Pita Bread

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:

  • 30 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed pitas

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, flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), wheat gluten, oat fiber, wheat protein isolate, yeast, whole wheat flour, salt, soybean oil, corn starch, sugar, monoglycerides, flaxseed meal, oat bran, calcium propionate, sorbic acid, lactic acid, calcium sulfate, tricalcium phosphate, sunflower lecithin, ascorbic acid, enzymes, sesame

Additives: E200 Sorbic acid , E270 Lactic acid , E282 Calcium propionate , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin

As written on the pack

WATER, ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WHEAT GLUTEN, OAT FIBER, WHEAT PROTEIN ISOLATE, YEAST, WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, SALT, SOYBEAN OIL, CORN STARCH, SUGAR, MONOGLYCERIDES, FLAXSEED MEAL, OAT BRAN, CALCIUM PROPIONATE, SORBIC ACID, LACTIC ACID, CALCIUM SULFATE, TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE, SUNFLOWER LECITHIN, ASCORBIC ACID, ENZYMES, SESAME.

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.
  • 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.
4 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.
  • 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 43 pitas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 36th. 37% of the pitas 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 43 pitas, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4061459657456, last edited 10 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.