Lightly Toasted Bread Crumbs

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Lightly Toasted Bread Crumbs scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Industrial Enzymes (Grated Parmesan Cheese [Part Skim Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt, Enzymes (Rennet)]): Industrial enzyme use indicates significant processing.
• Natural Flavors (Monosodium Glutamate): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.

Within Baking Mixes, this product is more processed than about 55% of the 5,176 products we've analyzed.

Processing classification reflects ingredient and additive analysis, not a judgment of any product's safety, quality, or healthfulness.

What These Ingredients Tell Us

We group Lightly Toasted Bread Crumbs' ingredients into ingredient categories and note how each relates to food processing. The notes below describe the category, not this specific product's formulation.

Synthetic VitaminsProcessing indicator

In this product: Toasted Bread Crumbs Made From Enriched Bread [Enriched Flour (Contains Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Corn Syrup, Vegetable Oil (Soybean And/Or Cottonseed Oil), Salt, Yeast, Whey, Soy Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Wheat Gluten, Whole Wheat Flour, Rye Flour, Corn Flour, Oat Bran, Corn Meal, Rice Flour, Potato Flour, Nonfat Dry Milk, Soy Lecithin, Calcium Propionate (Preservative), Sesame Seeds, Caraway Seeds].

Fortification often compensates for processing losses.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.