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Is Silver Hills Full Seed Ahead Sprouted whole grain bread ultra-processed?

Multigrain sliced breads Sold in the United States

Pack of Silver Hills Full Seed Ahead Sprouted whole grain bread

Yes, it's ultra-processed

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

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 51 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed multigrain 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

sprouted grains (wheat, oats), Water, flour blend (khorasan flour, rye flour, chickpea flour), seeds (flaxseeds, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds), vital wheat gluten, Sugars (cane sugar, oat), Yeast, Sea salt, wheat flour, Enzymes, Ascorbic acid, Made in a peanut-free and tree nut-free facility, Ingrédients (Grains germés biologiques, grains entiers de blé), grains entiers d'avoine, Eau, Mélange de farine germée biologique (farine de khorasan, farine de seigle, farine de pois chiche), Graines biologiques (graines de lin, graines de citrouille, graines de tournesol, graines de sésame), Gluten de froment élastique blogique, Sucres (sucre de canne biologique, et, ou sirop d'avoine biologique), Levure, Sel de mer, Farine de blé de culture biologique, Enzymes, Acide ascorbique, Contient (Blé), Sésame, Fabriqué dans une usine sans arachides ni noix

As written on the pack

Organic sprouted grains (whole grain wheat, whole grain oats), Water, Organic sprouted flour blend (khorasan flour, rye flour, chickpea flour), Organic seeds (flaxseeds, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds), Organic vital wheat gluten, Sugars (organic cane sugar and/or organic oat syrup), Yeast, Sea salt, Organic cultured wheat flour, Enzymes, Ascorbic acid. Contains: Wheat, Sesame. Made in a peanut-free and tree nut-free facility. Ingrédients : Grains germés biologiques (grains entiers de blé, grains entiers d'avoine), Eau, Mélange de farine germée biologique (farine de khorasan, farine de seigle, farine de pois chiche), Graines biologiques (graines de lin, graines de citrouille, graines de tournesol, graines de sésame), Gluten de froment élastique blogique, Sucres (sucre de canne biologique, et/ou sirop d'avoine biologique). Levure, Sel de mer, Farine de blé de culture biologique, Enzymes, Acide ascorbique. Contient : Blé, Sésame. Fabriqué dans une usine sans arachides ni noix.

What makes it ultra-processed

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.
2 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 59 multigrain sliced breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 29th. 80% of the multigrain 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 59 multigrain sliced breads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0055991041105, last edited 1 September 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.