Is Wholesome Harvest 9 Grain & Seed Bread ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 30 ingredients
- No additives
Less processed breads
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, whole wheat flour, flax seeds, sugar (processing marker), corn flour, oat flour, sunflower seeds, millet, vegetable oil (processing marker) (canola oil, soybean oil), barley flour, rye flour, yeast, wheat gluten (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker), honey (processing marker), sesame seeds, vinegar, wheat starch (processing marker), spices, malted barley flour
As written on the pack
Enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, whole wheat flour, flax seeds, sugar, corn flour, oat flour, sunflower seeds, millet, vegetable oil (canola oil or soybean oil), barley flour, rye flour, yeast, wheat gluten, salt, honey, sesame seeds, vinegar, cultured wheat starch, spices, malted barley flour.
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.
5 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.
- Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
- 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.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Among 2,390 breads
From least to most processed, this one ranks 859th. 71% of the breads here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0039677873150, last edited 29 September 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.
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.