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Is Private Selection 12 Grain Sliced Wide Pan Bread ultra-processed?

24 oz Breads Sold in the United States

Pack of Private Selection 12 Grain Sliced Wide Pan 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:

  • 34 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

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

flour, meat, malted barley flour, macin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, water, sugar, sunflower seeds, cracked wheat, corn, yeast, vital wheat gluten, barley, rye, triticale, brown rice, oats, millet, flaxmeal, buckwheat, spelt, soybean oil, salt, molasses, raisin juice concentrate, sodium stearoyl lactylate, ascorbic acid, ammonium sulfate, calcium propionate (preservative), vinegar

Additives: E282 Calcium propionate , E481 Sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate , E517 Ammonium sulphate

As written on the pack

Enriched flour, meat flour, malted barley flour, macin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, water, sugar, sunflower seeds, cracked wheat, corn, yeast, vital wheat gluten, barley, rye, triticale, brown rice, oats, millet, flaxmeal, buckwheat, spelt, soybean oil, salt, molasses, raisin juice concentrate, sodium stearoyl lactylate, ascorbic acid, ammonium sulfate, calcium propionate (preservative), vinegar. Contains: wheat.

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.

  • E481 Sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
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.

  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,388 breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1116th. 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 0011110132116, last edited 17 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.