Is Progresso Italian Style Bread Crumbs ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 67 ingredients
- 12 additives
- Nutri-Score E
Less processed breads
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Breadcrumbs (flour (wheat flour, malted barley, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), high fructose corn syrup (ultra-processing marker), corn syrup (ultra-processing marker), vegetable oil (processing marker) (soybean, cottonseed, corn, canola oils), contains 2% and less of (salt (processing marker)), yeast, honey (processing marker), molasses (processing marker), sugar (processing marker), wheat gluten (ultra-processing marker), whey (ultra-processing marker), soy flour, whole wheat flour, rye flour, white corn flour, oat bran, rice flour, potato flour, butter (processing marker), dough conditioners (mono- and diglycerides (ultra-processing marker), sodium, calcium stearoyl lactylate, soy lecithin (ultra-processing marker), calcium carbonate (ultra-processing marker)), yeast nutrients (ammonium sulfate, calcium sulfate, monocalcium phosphate), distilled vinegar, nonfat milk, buttermilk, lactic acid, calcium propionate (preservative (processing marker)), potassium sorbate (processing marker) (preservative (processing marker)), sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, egg), flour (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), salt (processing marker), parsley, spice, onion, garlic, natural flavor (ultra-processing marker), dried
Additives: E170 Calcium carbonates , E170i Calcium carbonate , E202 Potassium sorbate , E270 Lactic acid , E282 Calcium propionate , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E341 Calcium phosphates , E341i Monocalcium phosphate , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E516 Calcium sulphate , E517 Ammonium sulphate
As written on the pack
Breadcrumbs (enriched flour [wheat flour, malted barley, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, vegetable oil [soybean and/or cottonseed and/or corn and/or canola oils]. contains 2% or less of: salt, yeast, honey, molasses, sugar, wheat gluten, whey, soy flour, whole wheat flour, rye flour, white corn flour, oat bran, rice flour, potato flour, butter, dough conditioners [mono - and diglycerides, sodium and/or calcium stearoyl lactylate, soy lecithin, calcium carbonate], yeast nutrients [ammonium sulfate, calcium sulfate, monocalcium phosphate], distilled vinegar, nonfat milk, buttermilk, lactic acid, calcium propionate [preservative], potassium sorbate [preservative], sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, egg), enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), salt, parsley*, spice, onion powder, garlic, natural flavor. *dried
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.
- E170 Calcium carbonates Calcium carbonate is chalk.
- E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
- E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
- 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.
- Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
- High fructose corn syrup High-fructose corn syrup is made from corn starch: enzymes break it down to glucose and convert part of that into fructose, giving a syrup about as sweet as table sugar.
- 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.
- Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
7 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.
- E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
- Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
- Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
- 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.
Among 2,390 breads
From least to most processed, this one ranks 2358th. 71% of the breads here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0041196891072, last edited 26 February 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 E (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.