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Is Simson's Pantry High Protein Low Carb Wholemeal ultra-processed?

210 g Breads Sold in Australia

Pack of Simson's Pantry High Protein Low Carb Wholemeal

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:

  • 25 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

Water, Wheat Flour, Thiamine, Folic Acid, Modified Wheat Starch, Wheat Fibre, Wheat Gluten, Soy Protein Isolate, Vegetable Shortening, Grain Mix, Kibbled Wheat, Kibbled Corn, Kibbled Rye, Wheat, Linseed, Apple Cider Vinegar, Banana, Baking Powder, Raising Agents, Thickener, Iodised Salt, Emulsifier, Acidity Regulator, Preservatives, Processing Aids

As written on the pack

Water, Wholemeal Wheat Flour, Thiamine, Folic Acid, Modified Wheat Starch, Wheat Fibre, Wheat Gluten, Soy Protein Isolate, Vegetable Shortening, Grain Mix, Kibbled Wheat, Kibbled Corn, Kibbled Rye, Malted Wheat, Linseed, Apple Cider Vinegar, Banana Flour, Baking Powder, Raising Agents, Thickener, Iodised Salt, Emulsifier, Acidity Regulator, Preservatives, Processing Aids

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.

  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
  • Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

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.
5 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.

  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Vegetable fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
  • Sandwiches Products in the category "Sandwiches" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,390 breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1972nd. 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 9334169001198, last edited 1 May 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.