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Is Simply Nature Thin-Sliced Graintastic Bread ultra-processed?

20.4 OZ, 581 G Breads Sold in the United States

Pack of Simply Nature Thin-Sliced Graintastic 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:

  • 34 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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, flax seeds, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, pumpkin seeds, black sesame, millet, rolled oats, barley, rye, whole wheat, spelt, quinoa, triticale, amaranth flour, yellow corn flour, khorasan wheat flour, buckwheat flour, purple corn flour, brown rice flour, sorghum flour), vital wheat gluten, wheat flour, yeast, sea salt, oat fiber, wheat fiber, camu camu powder

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 ground flax seeds, organic sunflower seeds, organic sesame seeds, organic pumpkin seeds, organic black sesame seeds, organic millet, organic rolled oats, organic rolled barley, organic rolled rye, organic rolled whole wheat, organic rolled spelt, organic quinoa, organic triticale flour, organic amaranth flour, organic yellow corn flour, organic khorasan wheat flour, organic buckwheat flour, organic purple corn flour, organic brown rice flour, organic sorghum flour), organic vital wheat gluten, cultured wheat flour, yeast, sea salt, organic oat fiber, wheat fiber, organic camu camu powder,

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.
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 1219th. 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 4099100252903, last edited 5 August 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.