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Is Old Tyme Potato bread ultra-processed?

22 oz Breads Sold in the United States

Pack of Old Tyme Potato bread

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:

  • 45 ingredients
  • 6 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

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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, yeast, sugar, potato flour, contains less than 2% of each of the following (wheat gluten), soybean oil, salt, cultured wheat flour blend (wheat flour, wheat flour), degerminated yellow corn flour, dextrose, wheat flour, distilled monoglycerides, guar gum, vinegar, vegetable oil (CONTAINS ONE and MORE OF THE FOLLOWING (canola oil), soybean oil, high oleic soybean oil), whole wheat flour, hydrogenated soybean oil, ascorbic acid (dough conditioner), mineral oil, paprika oleoresin (color), turmeric oleoresin (color), corn starch, natural flavor, enzymes, sunflower oil, soy lecithin, manufactured on shared equipment that also processes products containing milk

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E412 Guar gum , E905 Synthetic wax , E905a Mineral oil

As written on the pack

ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, YEAST, SUGAR, POTATO FLOUR, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING: WHEAT GLUTEN, SOYBEAN OIL, SALT, CULTURED WHEAT FLOUR BLEND (WHEAT FLOUR, CULTURED WHEAT FLOUR), DEGERMINATED YELLOW CORN FLOUR, DEXTROSE, WHEAT FLOUR, DISTILLED MONOGLYCERIDES, GUAR GUM, VINEGAR, VEGETABLE OIL (CONTAINS ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: CANOLA OIL, SOYBEAN OIL, HIGH OLEIC SOYBEAN OIL), WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, ASCORBIC ACID (DOUGH CONDITIONER), MINERAL OIL, PAPRIKA OLEORESIN (COLOR), TURMERIC OLEORESIN (COLOR), CORN STARCH, NATURAL FLAVOR, ENZYMES, SUNFLOWER OIL, SOY LECITHIN. CONTAINS: WHEAT AND SOY. MANUFACTURED ON SHARED EQUIPMENT THAT ALSO PROCESSES PRODUCTS CONTAINING MILK. MAY CONTAIN MILK

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.

  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • 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.
  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • E905 Synthetic wax Microcrystalline wax is a petroleum-derived wax used as a glazing agent.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • 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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • 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 2,388 breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 2345th. 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 2,388 breads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0071010120026, last edited 20 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.