Is L'oven Fresh Whole Grains 12 Grain Bread ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 45 ingredients
- 6 additives
- Nutri-Score B
Less processed breads
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
whole wheat flour, water, 12 grains, seeds (sunflower seeds, wheat, rolled oats, sesame seeds, flaxseed, barley, RYE, triticale, brown rice, millet, cornmeal, buckwheat, bulgur, amaranth, quinoa, golden flaxseed), flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), wheat gluten (ultra-processing marker), sugar (processing marker), soybean oil (processing marker), yeast, CONTAINS 2% and LESS OF THE FOLLOWING (brown sugar (processing marker)), salt (processing marker), molasses (processing marker), sodium stearoyl lactylate (ultra-processing marker), calcium sulfate, ammonium sulfate, calcium propionate, monoglycerides, cellulose gum (ultra-processing marker), ascorbic acid, enzymes, soy lecithin (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E282 Calcium propionate , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose , E481 Sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate , E517 Ammonium sulphate
As written on the pack
WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, WATER, 12 GRAINS & SEEDS (SUNFLOWER SEEDS, WHEAT, ROLLED OATS, SESAME SEEDS, FLAXSEED, BARLEY, RYE, TRITICALE, BROWN RICE, MILLET, CORNMEAL, BUCKWHEAT, BULGUR, AMARANTH, QUINOA, GOLDEN FLAXSEED), ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WHEAT GLUTEN, SUGAR, SOYBEAN OIL, YEAST, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF THE FOLLOWING: BROWN SUGAR, SALT, MOLASSES, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, CALCIUM SULFATE, AMMONIUM SULFATE, CALCIUM PROPIONATE, MONOGLYCERIDES, CELLULOSE GUM, ASCORBIC ACID, ENZYMES, SOY LECITHIN.
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.
- E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose Carboxymethyl cellulose is a thickener made by chemically modifying cellulose from wood or cotton.
- E481 Sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
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.
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.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Among 2,390 breads
From least to most processed, this one ranks 1926th. 71% of the breads here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4099100042993, last edited 6 May 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 B (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.