Is Olive Garden Signature Recipe Croutons Garlic & Romano ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 38 ingredients
- 3 additives
- Nutri-Score D
Less processed breads
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), canola, sunflower oil (processing marker), yeast, salt (processing marker), and less of high fructose corn syrup 2%, whey (ultra-processing marker), maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), garlic powder, hydrolyzed corn soy wheat gluten protein, dehydrated parsley, romano cheese solids from cow's milk (milk, cultures, salt (processing marker), enzymes), corn syrup solids (ultra-processing marker), calcium propionate (preservative (processing marker)), caramel color, paprika (color), paprika (color), natural and artificial flavor (ultra-processing marker) (with autolyzed yeast extract), oil of onion, enzymes, ascorbic acid, tbhq (to preserve freshness)
Additives: E150c Ammonia caramel , E282 Calcium propionate , E319 Tertiary-butylhydroquinone (tbhq)
As written on the pack
Enriched flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), canola and/or sunflower oil, yeast, salt, 2% or less of high fructose corn syrup, whey, maltodextrin, garlic powder, hydrolyzed corn soy wheat gluten protein, dehydrated parsley, romano cheese solids from cow's milk (pasteurized milk, cultures, salt, enzymes), corn syrup solids, calcium propionate (preservative), caramel color, paprika (color), extractive of paprika (color), natural and artificial flavor (with autolyzed yeast extract), oil of onion, enzymes, ascorbic acid, tbhq (to preserve 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.
- E150c Ammonia caramel Ammonia caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars with ammonia compounds.
- 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.
- Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
- Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
- 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.
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.
- Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Among 2,390 breads
From least to most processed, this one ranks 2022nd. 71% of the breads here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0086631783321, last edited 27 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 D (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.