Is Specially Selected French baguette take & bake ultra-processed?

270 g Baguettes Sold in the United States

Pack of Specially Selected French baguette take & bake

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 21 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed baguettes

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

enriched wheat flour (whe flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduc iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, yeast, salt (processing marker), extra virgin olive oil enriched wheat farina (farina, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folc acid), wheat flour, wheat flour, malted barley extract

As written on the pack

enriched wheat flour (whe flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduc iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, yeast, salt, extra virgin olive oil enriched wheat farina (farina, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folc acid), cultured wheat flour, fermented wheat flour, malted barley extract, [d2023] contains: wheat, may contain: soybean, milk, egg, tree nuts

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 67 baguettes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 13th. 63% of the baguettes 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 67 baguettes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4099100084153, last edited 11 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.