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Is Progresso Bread Crumbs Plain ultra-processed?

425g Bread crumbs Sold in the United States, France and Germany

Pack of Progresso Bread Crumbs Plain

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 17 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score B

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

Wheat Flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), Vegetable Oil (high oleic safflower oil, high oleic soybean oil, high oleic sunflower oil, high oleic canola, canola oil), Contains less than 2% of (Yeast), Sugar, Salt

As written on the pack

Wheat Flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), Vegetable Oil (high oleic safflower oil, high oleic soybean oil, high oleic sunflower oil, high oleic canola and/or canola oil). Contains less than 2% of: Yeast, Sugar, Salt.

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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.
  • 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 37 bread crumbs

From least to most processed, this one ranks 16th. 54% of the bread crumbs 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 37 bread crumbs, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0041196891089, last edited 1 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.