The Essential Baking Company, Deli Slice Multi-Grain Bread
The processing score reflects 34 ingredients, including modified ingredients, enriched flour or grain and emulsifiers or gums. No nutrient exceeds our high thresholds.
Nutrition Highlights
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* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
Ingredients
28 listed · 3 flagged for reviewFILTERED WATER, TAPIOCA STARCH, WHITE RICE FLOUR, ORGANIC PALM FRUIT OIL, HIGH OLEIC SAFFLOWER OIL, PEAR JUICE CONCENTRATE, BAMBOO FIBER, FLAX MEAL, INVERT SUGAR (FROM CANE), MODIFIED CELLULOSE, YEAST, PLUM PUREE (PRUNE JUICE CONCENTRATE, DRIED PLUMS), BROWN RICE FLOUR, ORGANIC TAPIOCA SYRUP, EGGS, AMARANTH FLOUR, SORGHUM FLOUR, SALT, APPLE SAUCE (APPLES, WATER), GUAR GUM, BAKING POWDER (GLUCONO DELTA LACTONE, CALCIUM CARBONATE & MAGNESIUM CARBONATE), VEGETABLE GLYCERIN, ORANGE CITRUS FIBER, DOUGH CONDITIONER (CALCIUM SULFATE, ENZYME). ENRICHED WITH THIAMIN, RIBOFLAVIN, NIACIN, IRON, FOLIC ACID.
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Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?
In our analysis, The Essential Baking Company, Deli Slice Multi-Grain Bread scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:
- Stabilizers & Gums (Modified Cellulose, Guar Gum): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.
- Emulsifiers (Vegetable Glycerin): Industrial emulsifiers indicate UPF.
Within Bread, this product is more processed than about 48% of the 11,494 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 The Essential Baking Company, Deli Slice Multi-Grain Bread's ingredients into ingredient categories and note how each relates to food processing. The notes below describe the category, not this specific product's formulation.
- Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator
In this product: Organic Palm Fruit Oil, High Oleic Safflower Oil.
Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.
- Sugars & Natural SweetenersProcessing indicator
In this product: Invert Sugar (From Cane), Organic Tapioca Syrup.
Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.
- Industrial FermentationProcessing indicator
In this product: Yeast.
Industrial fermentation for additive production.
- Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator
In this product: Salt.
Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.
- Food Bases & AlkalisProcessing indicator
In this product: Baking Powder (Glucono Delta Lactone, Calcium Carbonate & Magnesium Carbonate).
Common in baking, excessive use indicates processing.
- Synthetic VitaminsProcessing indicator
In this product: Dough Conditioner (Calcium Sulfate, Enzyme). Enriched With Thiamin, Riboflavin, Niacin, Folic Acid.
Fortification often compensates for processing losses.
- MineralsProcessing indicator
In this product: Iron.
Added minerals often compensate for processing.
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