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Is United States Bakery 100% whole wheat bread ultra-processed?

Wheat breads Sold in the United States

Pack of United States Bakery 100% whole wheat 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:

  • 19 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed white 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

Whole wheat flour, water, vital wheat gluten, honey, yeast, brown sugar, contains 2% and less of each of the following (vegetable oil (canola, soy)), salt, dough conditioner (ascorbic acid), wheat flour, hard red crushed wheat, calcium sulfate, enzymes, nonfat dry milk, soy flour

Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid , E516 Calcium sulphate

As written on the pack

Whole wheat flour, water, vital wheat gluten, honey, yeast, brown sugar, contains 2% or less of each of the following: vegetable oil (canola and/or soy), salt, dough conditioner (ascorbic acid), cultured wheat flour, hard red crushed wheat, calcium sulfate, enzymes, nonfat dry milk, soy flour.

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

Culinary ingredients

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 228 wheat breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 18th. 92% of the wheat 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 228 wheat breads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0072220004533, last edited 20 June 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.