Is Simple Truth 21 Grains +Seeds ultra-processed?

26 oz Sliced breads Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Vegetable fiber
E322 Lecithins

33 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score C

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

whole wheat flour, water, cane sugar (processing marker), vital wheat gluten, yeast, brown flaxseed, brown flaxmeal, oats, triticale, white wheat, molasses (processing marker), barley, brown rice, buckwheat, millet, pumpkin seeds, RYE, spelt, sunflower seeds, yellow corn, wheat flour, sea salt (processing marker), soy lecithin (ultra-processing marker), vinegar, palm oil, amaranth, blue corn, poppy seed, quinoa, white sorghum, yellow flaxseed, black chia seed, oat fiber (ultra-processing marker)

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin

As written on the pack

ORGANIC WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, WATER, ORGANIC CANE SUGAR, ORGANIC VITAL WHEAT GLUTEN, YEAST, ORGANIC WHOLE BROWN FLAXSEED, ORGANIC BROWN FLAXMEAL, ORGANIC OATS, ORGANIC TRITICALE, ORGANIC WHITE WHEAT, ORGANIC MOLASSES, ORGANIC BARLEY, ORGANIC BROWN RICE, ORGANIC BUCKWHEAT, ORGANIC HULLED MILLET, ORGANIC PUMPKIN SEEDS, ORGANIC RYE, ORGANIC SPELT, ORGANIC SUNFLOWER SEEDS, ORGANIC YELLOW CORN, ORGANIC CULTURED WHEAT FLOUR, SEA SALT, ORGANIC SOY LECITHIN, ORGANIC VINEGAR, ORGANIC PALM OIL, ORGANIC AMARANTH, ORGANIC BLUE CORN, ORGANIC POPPY SEED, ORGANIC QUINOA, ORGANIC WHITE SORGHUM, ORGANIC YELLOW FLAXSEED, ORGANIC BLACK CHIA SEED, ORGANIC OAT FIBER.

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.

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.

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.

Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.

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 389 sliced breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 197th. 87% of the 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 389 sliced breads, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0011110135537, last edited 9 March 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 C (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.