Is Trader Joe's Soft Multigrain Rustico Bread ultra-processed?

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:

Gluten

31 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 (enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), malted barley flour), water, whole wheat flour, rolled oats, molasses (processing marker), CONTAINS 2% and LESS OF FLAX SEEDS, golden flax seeds, sunflower seeds, dried wheat sour (wheat flour), wheat starch (processing marker) (to preserve), wheat flour (to preserve), wheat gluten (ultra-processing marker), enzymes, ascorbic acid (dough conditioner), sugar (processing marker), salt (processing marker), rye flour, yeast, DIST and COLD

As written on the pack

UNBLEACHED ENRICHED FLOUR (ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR [WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID], MALTED BARLEY FLOUR), WATER, WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, ROLLED OATS, MOLASSES, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF FLAX SEEDS, GOLDEN FLAX SEEDS, SUNFLOWER SEEDS, DRIED WHEAT SOUR (CULTURED WHEAT FLOUR), CULTURED WHEAT STARCH (TO PRESERVE), CULTURED WHEAT FLOUR (TO PRESERVE), WHEAT GLUTEN, ENZYMES, ASCORBIC ACID (DOUGH CONDITIONER), SUGAR, SALT, RYE FLOUR, YEAST. CONTAINS WHEAT. MAY CONTAIN MILK, EGG, SOY. DIST & COLD

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 2,388 breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 859th. 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 00934596, last edited 7 July 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.