Is Wonder Classic Hamburger Buns ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- Glucose
- Gluten
- High fructose corn syrup
- Fructose
- E170 Calcium carbonates
- E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids
- and 2 more
- 41 ingredients
- 12 additives
- Nutri-Score D
Less processed breads
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, high fructose corn syrup (ultra-processing marker), soybean oil (processing marker), contains 2% and less of each of the following (yeast), salt (processing marker), wheat gluten (ultra-processing marker), dough conditioners (contains one and more of the following (sodium stearoyl lactylate (ultra-processing marker)), calcium stearoyl lactylate, monoglycerides, mono- and diglycerides (ultra-processing marker), distilled monoglycerides, calcium peroxide, calcium iodate, datem (ultra-processing marker), ethoxylated mono- and diglycerides, enzymes, ascorbic acid), soy flour, calcium sulfate, monocalcium phosphate, calcium carbonate (ultra-processing marker), niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, calcium propionate (to retard spoilage), if seeded, sesame seeds added
Additives: E170 Calcium carbonates , E170i Calcium carbonate , E282 Calcium propionate , E300 Ascorbic acid , E341 Calcium phosphates , E341i Monocalcium phosphate , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E481 Sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate , E516 Calcium sulphate , E916 Calcium iodate , E930 Calcium peroxide
As written on the pack
unbleached enriched flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, high fructose corn syrup, soybean oil, contains 2% or less of each of the following: yeast, salt, wheat gluten, dough conditioners (contains one or more of the following: sodium stearoyl lactylate, calcium stearoyl lactylate, monoglycerides, mono - and diglycerides, distilled monoglycerides, calcium peroxide, calcium iodate, datem, ethoxylated mono - and diglycerides, enzymes, ascorbic acid), soy flour, calcium sulfate, monocalcium phosphate, calcium carbonate, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, calcium propionate (to retard spoilage), if seeded, sesame seeds added,
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.
- E170 Calcium carbonates Calcium carbonate is chalk.
- E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
- E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
- E481 Sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
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.
- 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.
- High fructose corn syrup High-fructose corn syrup is made from corn starch: enzymes break it down to glucose and convert part of that into fructose, giving a syrup about as sweet as table sugar.
- Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
2 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.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Among 2,388 breads
From least to most processed, this one ranks 2337th. 71% of the breads here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0072250021098, last edited 3 August 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 D (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.