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Is Mrs. Cubbison's Kitchen Llc. Croutons ultra-processed?

5 oz Croutons Sold in the United States

Pack of Mrs. Cubbison's Kitchen Llc. Croutons

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:

  • 42 ingredients
  • 6 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed croutons

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

flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), canola, sunflower oil, and less of yeast 2%, high fructose corn syrup, salt, wheat gluten, whey, garlic powder, sugar, romano cheese solids from cow's milk (part skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), parsley, onion powder, torula yeast, yeast extract, spices, calcium propionate (preservative), rosemary, turmeric, annatto (colour), natural flavors, citiric acid, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, ascorbic acid, maltodextrin, enzymes, tbhq (to preserve freshness)

Additives: E160b Annatto , E282 Calcium propionate , E300 Ascorbic acid , E319 Tertiary-butylhydroquinone (tbhq) , E627 Disodium guanylate , E631 Disodium inosinate

As written on the pack

Enriched flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), canola and/or sunflower oil, 2% or less of yeast, high fructose corn syrup, salt, wheat gluten, whey, garlic powder, sugar, romano cheese solids from cow's milk (part skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), dehydrated parsley, onion powder, torula yeast, yeast extract, spices, calcium propionate (preservative), rosemary extractives, extractives of turmeric and annatto (colour), natural flavors, citiric acid, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, ascorbic acid, maltodextrin, enzymes, tbhq (to preserve freshness).

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.

  • E160b Annatto Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
  • E627 Disodium guanylate Disodium guanylate is a flavour enhancer usually used together with MSG.
  • E631 Disodium inosinate Disodium inosinate is a flavour enhancer usually used together with MSG.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
  • High fructose corn syrup High-fructose corn syrup is made from corn starch: enzymes break it down to glucose and convert part of that into fructose, giving a syrup about as sweet as table sugar.
  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
  • Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
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.

  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 15 croutons

From least to most processed, this one ranks 15th. 53% of the croutons 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 15 croutons, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0074714085523, last edited 20 August 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.