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Sourdough breads, from least to most processed

We track 41 sourdough breads, 51% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Country White Sourdough.

What makes sourdough breads ultra-processed

The signs of ultra-processing found most often, and the share of sourdough breads that contain each:

Unprocessed or minimally processed (3)

  1. 1 Country White Sourdough Sonoma · 640 g 1
  2. 2 Rustic White Sourdough Wild Origins 1
  3. 3 35hr Sourdough Mini Loaf White Woolworths Bakery 1

Processed food (17)

  1. 4 White Ciabattin Jason's Sourdough · 580 g 3
  2. 5 Proper Sourdough Jason's · 450 g 3
  3. 6 Leksands surdeg Leksands · 200 g 3
  4. 7 White Sourdough Co-op · 500g 3
  5. 8 Sourdough- Olive And Basil Jason’s 3
  6. 9 Sliced White Sourdough Bread with Protein Jasons · 120g 3
  7. 10 Sliced White Sourdough Bread with Grains & Seeds Jasons · 900g 3
  8. 11 Battered Chunky Fish Fingers The tasty catch 3
  9. 12 Sourdough Sandwich Bread Trader Joe's · 24 oz 3
  10. 13 Jason's Sourdough Jason's Sourdough · 450 g 3
  11. 14 Sourdough seeded sliced half cob Hovis · 450g 3
  12. 15 Seeded Sourdough Bread Specially Selected · 500g 3
  13. 16 Cracked Wheat Sourdough Bread Trader Joe's · 24 oz 3
  14. 17 Miche Sourdough Levain La Baguetterie · 800 g 3
  15. 18 white sourdough Sainsbury's · 400g 3
  16. 19 White sourdough baguette Coop 3
  17. 20 Protein Sourdough Toasting Loaf Aldi Specially Selected · 500g 3

Ultra-processed food (21)

  1. 21 Ljust Surdegsbröd Södervidinge · 650 g 4
  2. 22 The Original San Francisco Sourdough Boudin 4
  3. 23 Surdegsbröd Södervidinge · 500 g 4
  4. 24 Ciabatta Dafgårds 4
  5. 25 Råglevain osötat Södervidinge · 750 g 4
  6. 26 Mörkt surdegsbröd Dafgårds · 100g 4
  7. 27 Small Batch Sourdough Round Specially Selected · 24 oz 4
  8. 28 Osötat Chiabröd Södervidinge · 650 g 4
  9. 29 Rustikt flerkorn Södervidinge · 600 g 4
  10. 30 Portland city sourdough bread Portland city sour · 16 oz 4
  11. 31 Seeded Sourdough Half Bloomer Sainsbury's Taste the Difference · 400g 4
  12. 32 RågLevain Pågen · 650 g 4
  13. 33 Sourdough Bistro Classic Loaf ACE Bakery · 1150 g 4
  14. 34 Sourdough Bistro Multigrain Loaf ACE Bakery · 1193g 4
  15. 35 Korvbröd med surdeg City Gross · 540 g (8p) 4
  16. 36 Sourdough white bloomer Gallaghers Bakehouse 4
  17. 37 Spicy Chicken Milanese & Mozzarella on Sourdough Coco Di Mama 4
  18. 38 Fiber frisk Södervidinge · 700 g 4
  19. 39 Lantgoda Surdegsbröd Pågen · 650 g 4
  20. 40 Sourdough Pepperidge Farm Farmhouse · 24 oz 4
  21. 41 Sourdough Ploughmans Bakery 4

Within each group, products with fewer signs of ultra-processing, additives and ingredients come first. This ordering is ours, for comparison; it is not part of NOVA.