Is Nature’s Own Sourdough Small Loaf ultra-processed?

12 oz Packaged breads Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Gluten

20 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed packaged 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

Wheat flour, water, yeast, rye sourdough (water, rye flour, salt (processing marker)), wheat gluten (ultra-processing marker), wheat sourdough (water, wheat flour), canola oil, salt (processing marker), sugar (processing marker), wheat flour, vinegar, flax seed meal, malted barley flour, enzymes, acerola cherry powder

As written on the pack

Wheat flour, water, yeast, rye sourdough (water, fermented rye flour, salt), wheat gluten, wheat sourdough (water, fermented wheat flour), canola oil, salt, sugar, cultured wheat flour, vinegar, flax seed meal, malted barley flour, enzymes, acerola cherry powder.

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 9 packaged breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 3rd. 78% of the packaged 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 9 packaged breads, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0072250013031, last edited 10 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 C (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.