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Is Nature's Own Perfectly Crafted Multigrain ultra-processed?

22 oz Wheat bread flour Sold in the United States and Mexico

Pack of Nature's Own Perfectly Crafted Multigrain

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:

  • 32 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed wheat bread flour

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), water, rye flour, wheat flour, sugar, yeast, CONTAINS 2% and LESS OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING (soybean oil), salt wheat gluten, brown sugar, flax seed, millet, sunflower seeds, whole oat groats, rye grains, sprouted triticale grains, wheat grains, wheat flour, sunflower lecithin, vinegar, cracked wheat, dried molasses, monocalcium phosphate, enzymes, ascorbic 490-022422 acid, soy lecithin

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E341 Calcium phosphates , E341i Monocalcium phosphate

As written on the pack

UNBLEACHED ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, FERMENTED RYE FLOUR, FERMENTED WHEAT FLOUR, SUGAR, YEAST, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING: SOYBEAN OIL, SALT WHEAT GLUTEN, BROWN SUGAR, FLAX SEED, MILLET, SUNFLOWER SEEDS, WHOLE OAT GROATS, SPROUTED RYE GRAINS, SPROUTED TRITICALE GRAINS, SPROUTED WHEAT GRAINS, CULTURED WHEAT FLOUR, SUNFLOWER LECITHIN, VINEGAR, CRACKED WHEAT, DRIED MOLASSES, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE, ENZYMES, ASCORBIC 490-022422 ACID, 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.
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.

  • 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 8 wheat bread flour

From least to most processed, this one ranks 8th. 38% of the wheat bread flour 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 8 wheat bread flour, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0072250020756, last edited 3 June 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.