Whole grain wheat bread

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 3 ingredients to avoid

Whole grain wheat bread scores 14/100 on Tallow — our avoid band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in. It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.

Whole grain wheat bread lists 18 ingredients, starting with Whole Wheat Flour, Water, Wheat Gluten, Brown Sugar and Molasses. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 14/100 Whole grain wheat bread scores worse than most bread we have scored. A higher-scoring option in bread is Auchan Auchan tradition at 100/100.