Is Private Selection Sugar Free 100% Whole Wheat Sliced Wide Pan Bread ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 17 ingredients
- 5 additives
- Nutri-Score C
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
whole wheat, flour, water, wheat gluten (ultra-processing marker), yeast, maltitol (ultra-processing marker), wheat bran, soybean oil (processing marker), calcium sulfate, salt (processing marker), salt (processing marker), sodium stearoyl lactylate (ultra-processing marker), calcium propionate (preservative (processing marker)), guar gum (ultra-processing marker), ascorbic acid, sucralose (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E282 Calcium propionate , E412 Guar gum , E481 Sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate , E955 Sucralose , E965 Maltitol
As written on the pack
WHOLE WHEAT, FLOUR, WATER, WHEAT GLUTEN, YEAST, MALTITOL. WHEAT BRAN, SOYBEAN OIL, CALCIUM SULFATE, SALT, SALT, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, CALCIUM PROPIONATE (PRESERVATIVE), GUAR GUM, ASCORBIC ACID, SUCRALOSE.
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.
- E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
- 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.
- E955 Sucralose Sucralose is a sweetener made by chlorinating sugar.
- E965 Maltitol Maltitol is a sugar alcohol made from starch, used as a sweetener in "no added sugar" sweets and chocolate.
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.
- Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
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 228 wheat breads
From least to most processed, this one ranks 143rd. 92% of the wheat breads here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0011110010209, last edited 17 June 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.