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Is New York Bakery Texas Toast Cheese & Garlic Croutons ultra-processed?

5 oz Croutons Sold in the United States

Pack of New York Bakery Texas Toast Cheese & Garlic Croutons

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:

  • 25 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed croutons

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

enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), canola, sunflower oil, romano cheese (part skim milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), garlic, salt, water, yeast, parsley, natural butter flavor (a milk ingredient), annatto extract added for color, malted barley flour, citric acid, tocopherols added to maintain freshness

As written on the pack

enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), canola and/or sunflower oil, romano cheese (part skim milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), dehydrated garlic, salt, water, yeast, parsley, natural butter flavor (a milk ingredient), annatto extract added for color, malted barley flour, citric acid and/or tocopherols added to maintain freshness,

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.

  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
3 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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 15 croutons

From least to most processed, this one ranks 9th. 53% of the croutons 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 15 croutons, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0070200010673, last edited 22 April 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.