Is Trader Joe's Green olive flats ultra-processed?

150 grams Breads Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Dextrose
Glucose

17 ingredients
3 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

soft wheat flour, water, green olives in brine (olives, water, salt (processing marker), lactic acid, citric acid (acidifier), ascorbic acid (to preserve)), palm oil, bakers yeast, salt (processing marker), malted wheat flour, dextrose (ultra-processing marker), sesame seeds

Additives: E270 Lactic acid , E300 Ascorbic acid , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

SOFT WHEAT FLOUR, WATER, GREEN OLIVES IN BRINE (OLIVES, WATER, SALT, LACTIC ACID, CITRIC ACID [ACIDIFIER], ASCORBIC ACID [TO PRESERVE]), PALM OIL, BAKERS YEAST, SALT, MALTED WHEAT FLOUR, DEXTROSE, GROUND SESAME SEEDS

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.

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.

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.

Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" are at least group 3.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,388 breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1361st. 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 00759786, last edited 28 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 C (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.