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Is Trader Joe's Sliced Seedy Multigrain Bread ultra-processed?

16 oz (1 lb) 454 g Breads Sold in the United States

Pack of Trader Joe's Sliced Seedy Multigrain Bread

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 27 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score B

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

flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, whole wheat flour, seeds, grains (sesame seeds, flax seeds, sunflower kernels, millet, barley flakes, rye flakes, oat flakes), CONTAINS 2% and LESS OF SALT, canola oil, brown sugar, wheat malt flour, barley malt extract, yeast, ascorbic acid (dough conditioner), enzymes

As written on the pack

UNBLEACHED ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, SEEDS AND GRAINS (SESAME SEEDS, FLAX SEEDS, SUNFLOWER KERNELS, HULLED MILLET, BARLEY FLAKES, RYE FLAKES, OAT FLAKES), CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF SALT, CANOLA OIL, BROWN SUGAR, WHEAT MALT FLOUR, BARLEY MALT EXTRACT, YEAST, ASCORBIC ACID (DOUGH CONDITIONER), ENZYMES. CONTAINS SESAME, WHEAT. MAY CONTAIN MILK, EGG, SOY.

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • 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 465th. 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 00779876, 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.