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Is Simply Nature Graintastic Aldi bread ultra-processed?

27 oz Breads Sold in the United States

Pack of Simply Nature Graintastic Aldi 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:

  • 35 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed 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 (whole wheat flour, cracked whole wheat), water, cane sugar, and seed mix (flax, sunflower seeds, flax, sesame seeds, pumpkin seeds, black sesame, millet, rolled oats, spelt, barley, rye, whole wheat, quinoa, triticale, yellow corn flour, khorasan flour, amaranth flour, buckwheat flour, sorghum flour, poppy seed, brown rice flour, purple corn flour), oat fiber, vital wheat gluten, wheat flour, yeast, sea salt, wheat fiber, molasses

As written on the pack

organic whole wheat (organic whole wheat flour, organic cracked whole wheat), water, organic cane sugar, organic whole grain and seed mix (organic whole flax seeds, organic sunflower seeds, organic ground flax, organic sesame seeds, organic pumpkin seeds, organic black sesame seeds, organic millet, organic rolled oats, organic rolled spelt, organic rolled barley, organic rolled rye, organic rolled whole wheat, organic quinoa, organic triticale flour, organic yellow corn flour, organic khorasan flour, organic amaranth flour, organic buckwheat flour, organic sorghum flour, organic poppy seed, organic brown rice flour, organic purple corn flour), organic oat fiber, organic vital wheat gluten, cultured wheat flour, yeast, sea salt, wheat fiber, organic molasses, contains: wheat, sesame,

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.

  • 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 2,388 breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 865th. 71% of the 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 2,388 breads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4099100253092, last edited 10 June 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.