Is Macro Wholefoods Market Ancient Grain Bread ultra-processed?

600g Wholemeal sliced breads Sold in Australia

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Gluten
Vegetable fiber

18 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score A

Less processed wholemeal 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

Water, Wheat Flour, Wheat Gluten (ultra-processing marker), Quinoa, Barleymax (Barley), Spelt Flour (Wheat), Vinegar, Rye, Barley, Sunflower Seeds, Inulin (ultra-processing marker), Bamboo Fibre (ultra-processing marker), Yeast, Soy Flour, Canola Oil, Iodised Salt (processing marker)

As written on the pack

Water, Wholemeal Wheat Flour, Wheat Gluten, Quinoa, Barleymax (Barley), Spelt Flour (Wheat), Vinegar, Rye, Barley, Sunflower Seeds, Inulin, Bamboo Fibre, Yeast (Soy), Soy Flour, Canola Oil, Iodised Salt

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

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 38 wholemeal sliced breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 18th. 89% of the wholemeal 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 38 wholemeal sliced breads, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 9339687330355, last edited 16 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.