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Is New York Bakery Texas Toast Seasoned Croutons ultra-processed?

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Pack of New York Bakery Texas Toast Seasoned 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:

  • 38 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed 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

enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), canola, sunflower oil, seasoning (sugar, whey, salt, romano cheese (milk, salt, cheese cultures, enzymes), parmesan cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), tomato, garlic, natural flavor (including autolyzed yeast extract), vinegar, spices, parsley), salt, water, yeast, natural butter flavor (a milk ingredient), 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, seasoning [sugar, whey, salt, romano cheese (milk, salt, cheese cultures, enzymes), parmesan cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), tomato*, garlic*, natural flavor (including autolyzed yeast extract), vinegar*, spices, parsley], salt, water, yeast, natural butter flavor (a milk ingredient), 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.

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.

  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
4 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.
  • 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 2,390 breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1228th. 71% of the 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 2,390 breads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0070200010659, 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.