Is Trader Joe's Organic Seeded Bread ultra-processed?

24 oz Sliced breads Sold in the United States and France

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Gluten

24 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score A

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, whole wheat flour, wheat flour, cane sugar (processing marker), sunflower seeds, flax seeds, wheat gluten (ultra-processing marker), yeast, poppy seeds, black sesame, sesame seeds, millet, high oleic safflower oil, cracked wheat, sea salt (processing marker), wheat starch (processing marker) (for freshness), vinegar, molasses (processing marker), dough conditioner (calcium sulfate, sea salt (processing marker), ascorbic acid, enzymes)

Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid , E516 Calcium sulphate

As written on the pack

WATER, ORGANIC WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, ORGANIC WHEAT FLOUR, ORGANIC CANE SUGAR, ORGANIC SUNFLOWER SEEDS, ORGANIC FLAX SEEDS, ORGANIC WHEAT GLUTEN, YEAST, ORGANIC POPPY SEEDS, ORGANIC BLACK SESAME SEEDS, ORGANIC SESAME SEEDS, ORGANIC MILLET, ORGANIC HIGH OLEIC SAFFLOWER OIL, ORGANIC CRACKED WHEAT, SEA SALT, ORGANIC CULTURED WHEAT STARCH (FOR FRESHNESS), ORGANIC VINEGAR, ORGANIC MOLASSES, DOUGH CONDITIONER (CALCIUM SULFATE, SEA SALT, ASCORBIC ACID, ENZYMES)

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.

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.

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 389 sliced breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 147th. 87% of the 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 389 sliced breads, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00579599, last edited 26 February 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 A (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.