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

22 oz (1 lb 6 oz) 624g 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:

E412 Guar gum

15 ingredients
2 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

wheat flour, water, cane sugar (processing marker), yeast, CONTAINS 2% and LESS CANOLA OIL, sea salt (processing marker), vital gluten, distilled vinegar, whole wheat flour, enzymes, guar gum (ultra-processing marker), ascorbic acid (dough conditioner), citric acid (to preserve)

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E412 Guar gum

As written on the pack

ORGANIC WHEAT FLOUR, WATER, ORGANIC CANE SUGAR, YEAST, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF ORGANIC CANOLA OIL, SEA SALT, ORGANIC VITAL GLUTEN, ORGANIC DISTILLED VINEGAR, ORGANIC WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, ENZYMES, ORGANIC GUAR GUM, ASCORBIC ACID (DOUGH CONDITIONER), CITRIC ACID (TO PRESERVE)

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.

E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.

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.

Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,388 breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1039th. 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 00649551, last edited 12 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.