Is Sunbeam Enriched Bread ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 31 ingredients
- 6 additives
Less processed breads
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, ferrous sulfate (iron), thiamine mononitrate (vitamin b1), riboflavin, niacin (vitamin b3), folic acid), water, high fructose corn syrup (ultra-processing marker), yeast, soybean oil (processing marker), salt (processing marker), sweet dairy whey, wheat protein isolate, soy flour, wheat gluten (ultra-processing marker), monoglycerides, calcium propionate (a preservative (processing marker)), sodium stearoyl lactylate (ultra-processing marker), vinegar, lactic acid, natural flavors (ultra-processing marker), calcium sulfate, citric acid, ascorbic acid, soy lecithin (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E270 Lactic acid , E282 Calcium propionate , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid , E481 Sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate
As written on the pack
Enriched unbleached flour [wheat flour, malted barley flour, ferrous sulfate (iron), thiamine mononitrate (vitamin b1), riboflavin (vitamin b2), niacin (vitamin b3), folic acid], water, high fructose corn syrup, yeast, soybean oil, salt, sweet dairy whey, wheat protein isolate, soy flour, wheat gluten, monoglycerides, calcium propionate (a preservative), sodium stearoyl lactylate, vinegar, lactic acid, natural flavors, calcium sulfate, citric acid, ascorbic acid, soy lecithin.
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.
- E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
- E481 Sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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.
- Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
- Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
- High fructose corn syrup High-fructose corn syrup is made from corn starch: enzymes break it down to glucose and convert part of that into fructose, giving a syrup about as sweet as table sugar.
- Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
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.
- Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Among 2,388 breads
From least to most processed, this one ranks 2261st. 71% of the breads here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0071301047377, last edited 4 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.
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