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Is Villaggio Rustico Harvest Multigrain ultra-processed?

550g Breads Sold in Canada

Pack of Villaggio Rustico Harvest Multigrain

Yes, it's ultra-processed

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

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 26 ingredients
  • 2 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

Enriched wheat flour, Water, rye flour, Sunflower seeds, Flaxseeds, Vegetable oil (canola, soybean), Millet, Pumpkin seeds, Vinegar, Sugars (sugar, dextrose), Yeast, Sea salt, Wheat gluten, malted wheat flakes, Wheat bran, Quinoa, Chia seeds, Calcium propionate, rye flour, Malt extract, Malted barley flour, Guar gum

Additives: E282 Calcium propionate , E412 Guar gum

As written on the pack

Enriched wheat flour, Water, Whole grain rye flour, Sunflower seeds, Flaxseeds, Vegetable oil (canola or soybean), Millet, Pumpkin seeds, Vinegar*, Sugars (sugar, dextrose), Yeast*, Sea salt, Wheat gluten*, Sprouted malted wheat flakes, Wheat bran, Quinoa, Chia seeds, Calcium propionate, Cultured rye flour, Malt extract, Malted barley flour, Guar gum

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.

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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • 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.
  • 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 2,390 breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1795th. 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 2,390 breads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0055617055127, last edited 6 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.