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Is Trader Joe's Gluten Free Bread Whole Grain ultra-processed?

12 oz Gluten-free sliced breads Sold in the United States

Pack of Trader Joe's Gluten Free Bread Whole Grain

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
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed sliced 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, modified tapioca starch, potato starch, corn starch, brown rice flour (brown rice, stabilized rice bran), SUNFLOWER oil, safflower oil, teff flour, psyllium husk, cane sugar, raisin juice concentrate, dextrose, millet, yeast, red quinoa, pea fiber, cellulose, cellulose gum, distilled white vinegar, sea salt, rice bran, sugar, millet flour

Additives: E460 Cellulose , E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose

As written on the pack

WATER, MODIFIED TAPIOCA STARCH, POTATO STARCH, CORN STARCH, BROWN RICE FLOUR (BROWN RICE, STABILIZED RICE BRAN), SUNFLOWER oil, SAFFLOWER OIL, TEFF FLOUR, PSYLLIUM HUSK POWDER, CANE SUGAR, RAISIN JUICE CONCENTRATE, DEXTROSE, MILLET, YEAST, RED QUINOA, PEA FIBER, MODIFIED CELLULOSE, CELLULOSE GUM, DISTILLED WHITE VINEGAR, SEA SALT, RICE BRAN, CULTURED SUGAR, MILLET FLOUR

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.

  • E460 Cellulose A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
  • E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose Carboxymethyl cellulose is a thickener made by chemically modifying cellulose from wood or cotton.
  • 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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • 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.
4 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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 10 gluten-free sliced breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 9th. 90% of the gluten-free sliced 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 10 gluten-free sliced breads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00542913, last edited 22 April 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.