Is Simply Nature Organic Graintastic ultra-processed?

27 oz 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:

Gluten
Vegetable fiber

36 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 flour, cracked whole wheat, water, sugar (processing marker), 21, seeds blend (molasses (processing marker), flax seeds, rye kernels, sunflower seeds, barley flakes, millet, and LESS OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING 2% (chia seeds), quinoa, amaranth, pumpkin seeds, oat flakes, buckwheat groats, kamut, brown teff seeds, sesame seeds, malted wheat flakes, triticale, spelt flakes, yellow corn, poppy seeds, sea salt (processing marker), bulgur wheat, white sorghum seeds, wheat starch (processing marker)), wheat gluten (ultra-processing marker), oat fiber (ultra-processing marker), yeast, vinegar, wheat flour

As written on the pack

ORGANIC WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, ORGANIC CRACKED WHOLE WHEAT, WATER, ORGANIC SUGAR, ORGANIC 21 WHOLE GRAINS AND SEEDS BLEND (ORGANIC MOLASSES, ORGANIC FLAX SEEDS, ORGANIC WHOLE RYE KERNELS, ORGANIC SUNFLOWER SEEDS, ORGANIC BARLEY FLAKES, ORGANIC MILLET AND 2% OR LESS OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING: ORGANIC CHIA SEEDS, ORGANIC QUINOA, ORGANIC AMARANTH, ORGANIC PUMPKIN SEEDS, ORGANIC OAT FLAKES, ORGANIC BUCKWHEAT GROATS, ORGANIC KAMUT FLAKES, ORGANIC BROWN TEFF SEEDS, ORGANIC SESAME SEEDS, ORGANIC MALTED WHEAT FLAKES, ORGANIC TRITICALE FLAKES, ORGANIC WHOLE GRAIN SPELT FLAKES, ORGANIC YELLOW CORN FLAKES, ORGANIC POPPY SEEDS, SEA SALT, ORGANIC BULGUR WHEAT, ORGANIC WHITE SORGHUM SEEDS, ORGANIC CULTURED WHEAT STARCH), ORGANIC WHEAT GLUTEN, ORGANIC OAT FIBER, YEAST, ORGANIC VINEGAR, ORGANIC CULTURED WHEAT FLOUR. CONTAINS: WHEAT, SESAME SEEDS.

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.
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.

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.
Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,390 breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1225th. 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 2,390 breads, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4099100316896, 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.
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.