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Is Pinnacle Foods Group Llc Udi's, soft & hearty whole grain bread ultra-processed?

7 servings Gluten-free breads Sold in the United States

Pack of Pinnacle Foods Group Llc Udi's, soft & hearty whole grain 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:

  • 25 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed gluten-free 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

water, tapioca starch, brown rice flour, canola oil, egg whites, potato starch, driedcane syrup, tapioca maltodextrin, tapioca syrup, modified food starch, yeast, flax seed, sugarcane fiber, salt, gum (xanthan gum, sodium alginate, guar gum), amaranth flour, sorghum flour, teff flour, locust bean gum, brown rice, brown rice, enzymes

Additives: E401 Sodium alginate , E410 Locust bean gum , E412 Guar gum , E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

water, tapioca starch, brown rice flour, canola oil, egg whites, potato starch, driedcane syrup, tapioca maltodextrin, tapioca syrup, modified food starch, yeast, flax seed, sugarcane fiber, salt, gum (xanthan gum, sodium alginate, guar gum), amaranth flour, sorghum flour, teff flour, locust bean gum, cultured brown rice, brown rice and enzymes,

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.

  • E401 Sodium alginate A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
  • E410 Locust bean gum Locust bean gum (carob gum) is a thickener and stabiliser from the seeds of the carob tree.
  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

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.

  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
2 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 55 gluten-free breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 47th. 95% of the gluten-free 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 55 gluten-free breads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0698997809166, last edited 5 August 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.