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Is New York Bakery NYC Bagels ultra-processed?

5 Bagel breads Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of New York Bakery NYC Bagels

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 20 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed bagel 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 (WHEAT Floor Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Mixed Seeds 9%, Pumpkin Seeds, Sunflower Seeds Brown Linseeds, WHEAT Protein 6%, Yeast, Sugar, Salt, Rapeseed Oil Maize, Spirit Vinegar, Preservative, Calcium Propionatel Sweet Potato Puree, Malted BARLEY Flour, Ascorbic Acid, For allergens including cereale

As written on the pack

WHEAT Flour (WHEAT Floor Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Mixed Seeds (9%) [Pumpkin Seeds, Sunflower Seeds Brown Linseeds), WHEAT Protein (6%) Yeast, Sugar, Salt, Rapeseed Oil Maize, Spirit Vinegar. Preservative (Calcium Propionatel Sweet Potato Puree, Malted BARLEY Flour, Flour Treatment Agent (Ascorbic Acid) For allergens including cereale

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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.

Preservation and traditional processing

Keep food safe or ferment it, like preservatives and cultures. A sign of processing, not ultra-processing.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 91 bagel breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 6th. 79% of the bagel 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 91 bagel breads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5018297012199, last edited 12 September 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.