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Is L'oven Carb Control Original ultra-processed?

12 oz Wheat breads Sold in the United States

Pack of L'oven Carb Control Original

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:

  • 24 ingredients
  • 12 additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed wheat 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

water, modified wheat starch, wheat gluten, wheat flour, oat fiber, palm oil, baking powder (baking soda, sodium aluminum sulfate, corn starch, calcium sulfate, monocalcium phosphate), mono- and diglycerides, salt, guar gum, dough conditioner (wheat flour, enzyme, sodium metabisulfite), preservatives (calcium propionate, fumaric acid, sorbic acid), sucralose

Additives: E200 Sorbic acid , E223 Sodium metabisulphite , E282 Calcium propionate , E297 Fumaric acid , E341 Calcium phosphates , E341i Monocalcium phosphate , E412 Guar gum , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate , E521 Aluminium sodium sulphate , E955 Sucralose

As written on the pack

water, modified wheat starch, wheat gluten, unbleached wheat flour, oat fiber, palm oil, baking powder (baking soda, sodium aluminum sulfate, corn starch, calcium sulfate, monocalcium phosphate), mono - and diglycerides, salt, guar gum, dough conditioner (wheat flour, enzyme, sodium metabisulfite), preservatives (calcium propionate, fumaric acid, sorbic acid), sucralose

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.

  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
  • E955 Sucralose Sucralose is a sweetener made by chlorinating sugar.
  • 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.

  • 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.
3 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 228 wheat breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 200th. 92% of the wheat 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 228 wheat breads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4061459381801, last edited 1 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.
  • 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.