Is Signature Kitchens Enriched Bread, Nut & Grain ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- Gluten
- E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids
- E481 Sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate
- E950 Acesulfame k
- E955 Sucralose
- 51 ingredients
- 10 additives
- Nutri-Score A
Less processed breads
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, walnuts, bulgur wheat, oats, sunflower seeds, rye, triticale, barley, corn meal, flax seeds, sesame seeds, millet, brown rice, sorghum, amaranth, buckwheat flour, quinoa, whole wheat flour, wheat gluten (ultra-processing marker), contains 2 percent and less of (yeast), liquid sugar (processing marker), soybean oil (processing marker), canola oil, sea salt (processing marker), molasses (processing marker), hazelnuts, dough conditioners (may contain one and more of (sodium stearoyl lactylate (ultra-processing marker)), ethoxylated mono- and diglycerides, monocalcium phosphate, calcium sulfate, ascorbic acid), mono- and diglycerides (ultra-processing marker), calcium propionate, sorbic acid (to retard spoilage), acesulfame potassium (ultra-processing marker), sucralose (ultra-processing marker), wheat, vinegar, enzymes
Additives: E200 Sorbic acid , E282 Calcium propionate , E300 Ascorbic acid , E341 Calcium phosphates , E341i Monocalcium phosphate , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E481 Sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate , E516 Calcium sulphate , E950 Acesulfame k , E955 Sucralose
As written on the pack
Unbleached enriched flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, walnuts, whole grain bulgur wheat, whole grain oats, sunflower seeds, whole grain rye, whole grain triticale, whole grain barley, organic whole grain corn meal, flax seeds, sesame seeds, millet, whole grain brown rice, whole grain sorghum, amaranth, whole grain buckwheat flour, whole grain quinoa, whole wheat flour, wheat gluten, contains 2 percent or less of: yeast, liquid sugar, soybean oil and/or canola oil, sea salt, molasses, hazelnuts, dough conditioners (may contain one or more of: sodium stearoyl lactylate, ethoxylated mono-and diglycerides, monocalcium phosphate, calcium sulfate, ascorbic acid), mono - and diglycerides, calcium propionate and sorbic acid (to retard spoilage), acesulfame potassium, sucralose, cultured wheat, vinegar, enzymes.
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.
- E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
- 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.
- E950 Acesulfame k Acesulfame K is a synthetic sweetener about 200 times sweeter than sugar, often combined with aspartame or sucralose.
- E955 Sucralose Sucralose is a sweetener made by chlorinating sugar.
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.
- 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 2121st. 71% of the breads here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0021130183838, 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.
- 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 A (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.