Is Vogel's original mixed grain ultra-processed?

750 g Multigrain sliced breads Sold in New Zealand

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Gluten

12 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score B

Less processed multigrain sliced breads

Organic Loaf Slices - Hemp Seeds Seedful 15 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 1
Exceptional Superseeded Sliced Loaf Asda 32 ingredients · 1 additive NOVA group 3
seven seeds and grains sourdough Bertinet Bakery 27 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
The Big 16 Silver Hills 28 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3

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

Water, wheat flour, mixed grains 24% (wheat, rye), milk, wheat gluten (ultra-processing marker), white vinegar, iodised salt (processing marker), yeast, vitamin (folic acid)

As written on the pack

Water, wheat flour, mixed grains (24%) (wheat, rye), milk solids, wheat gluten, white vinegar, iodised salt, yeast, vitamin (folic acid)

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.

1 ingredient 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 59 multigrain sliced breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 18th. 80% of the multigrain sliced 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 59 multigrain sliced breads, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 9414987008194, last edited 2 October 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.