Is Nature's Own 100% Whole 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:
- 34 ingredients
- 4 additives
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
whole wheat flour, water, wheat gluten (ultra-processing marker), sugar (processing marker), yeast, brown sugar (processing marker), contains 2% and less of each of the following (flax seed), whole rye flour, salt (processing marker), rolled oats, soybean oil (processing marker), barley flakes, triticale, wheat flour, sunflower seed, vinegar, monoglycerides, enzymes, ascorbic acid, wheat starch (processing marker), amaranth, millet, whole khorasan wheat flour, whole brown rice, whole buckwheat flour, whole milled corn, whole spelt flour, monocalcium phosphate, soy lecithin (ultra-processing marker), calcium sulfate, topped with whole amaranth seed, flaxseed, and wheat bran
Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E341 Calcium phosphates , E341i Monocalcium phosphate
As written on the pack
whole wheat flour, water, wheat gluten, sugar, yeast, brown sugar, contains 2% or less of each of the following: flax seed, whole rye flour, salt, rolled oats, soybean oil, barley flakes, triticale flour, cultured wheat flour, sunflower seed, vinegar, monoglycerides, enzymes, ascorbic acid, wheat starch, whole amaranth, hulled whole millet, whole khorasan wheat flour, whole brown rice flour, whole buckwheat flour, whole milled corn, whole spelt flour, monocalcium phosphate, soy lecithin, calcium sulfate, topped with whole amaranth seed, flaxseed, and wheat bran,
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.
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.
Among 228 wheat breads
From least to most processed, this one ranks 58th. 92% of the wheat breads here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0072250025232, 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.
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.