Is Schär MAESTRO VITAL - Pain aux graines tranché ultra-processed?

350g Gluten-free sliced breads Sold in the United Kingdom, Belgium and 5 more countries

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
Fiber
E464 Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose

21 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score B

Less processed sliced 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

maize starch, sourdough 20% (rice flour, water), water, rice flour, sunflower seeds 6.6%, flax seeds 6.6%, vegetable fiber (ultra-processing marker) (psyllium), quinoa flour 2.9%, apple extract, sorghum flour 2.6%, yeast, sunflower oil, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (ultra-processing marker), chestnut flour 1%, iodized salt (salt, potassium iodide), natural flavor (ultra-processing marker)

Additives: E464 Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose , potassium iodide

As written on the pack

maize starch, sourdough 20% (rice flour, water), water, rice flour, sunflower seeds 6,6%, flax seeds 6,6%, vegetable fiber (psyllium), quinoa flour 2,9%, apple extract, sorghum flour 2,6%, yeast, sunflower oil, thickener: hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, chestnut flour 1,0%, iodized salt (salt, potassium iodide), natural flavor

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.

E464 Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose 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.
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.

Fiber An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 10 gluten-free sliced breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 3rd. 90% of the gluten-free sliced 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 10 gluten-free sliced breads, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8008698011065, last edited 3 October 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.