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Is Nature's Own 100% Whole Wheat Bread ultra-processed?

20 oz (567 g) Wheat breads Sold in the United States and Mexico

Pack of Nature's Own 100% Whole Wheat Bread

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:

  • 14 ingredients
  • No 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

whole wheat flower, water, yeast, brown sugar, wheat gluten, and LESS 2% (salt), canola oil, wheat flour, vinegar, flax sead meal, enzymes, acerola cherry powder, may be topped with wheat bran

As written on the pack

WHOLE WHEAT FLOWER, WATER, YEAST, BROWN SUGAR, WHEAT GLUTEN, 2% OR LESS: SALT, EXPELLER PRESSED CANOLA OIL, CULTURED WHEAT FLOUR, VINEGAR, FLAX SEAD MEAL, ENZYMES, ACEROLA CHERRY POWDER, *MAY BE TOPPED WITH WHEAT BRAN*

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.
2 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 228 wheat breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 22nd. 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 0072250037129, last edited 25 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.