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Is Trader Joe's Multigrain Bread ultra-processed?

22 oz Breads Sold in the United States

Pack of Trader Joe's Multigrain Bread

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:

  • 32 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • 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

high gluten unbleached wheat flour, malted barley flour, water, wheat flour, whole wheat flour, enzymes, brown sugar, bulgur, honey, nonfat dry milk, salt, wheat bran, wheat gluten, rolled oats, brown rice, wheat germ, sodium citrate, vitamin A palmitate, vitamin D3, honey, brown rice, wheat bran, yeast, wheat flour, wheat flour, dry milk, sunflower oil, sesame seeds, salt, canola oil, ascorbic acid (dough conditioner)

Additives: E331 Sodium citrates

As written on the pack

high gluten unbleached wheat flour, malted barley flour, water, wheat flour, whole wheat flour, enzymes, brown sugar, bulgur, honey, nonfat dry milk, salt, wheat bran, wheat gluten, rolled oats, brown rice, wheat germ, sodium citrate, vitamin A palmitate, vitamin D3, honey, brown rice, wheat bran, yeast, wheat flour, cultured wheat flour, dry milk, sunflower oil, sesame seeds, salt, canola oil, ascorbic acid (dough conditioner)

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.

  • Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
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.

  • Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,388 breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1020th. 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 00992480, last edited 11 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.