Is Bürgen Rye Bread ultra-processed?

700g Rye breads Sold in Australia and France

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Gluten
Whey

16 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score B

Less processed rye breads

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Water, Wheat Flour, Kibbled Rye 16%, Triticale 16%, Wheat Gluten (ultra-processing marker), Rye Flour 5%, Canola Oil, Corn Starch (processing marker), Baker's Yeast, Barley Malt Flour 1%, Vinegar, iodised Salt (processing marker), Whey (ultra-processing marker), vitamins, Thiamin, Folate

As written on the pack

Water, Wheat Flour, Kibbled Rye and/or Triticale (16%), Wheat Gluten, Wholemeal Rye Flour (5%), Canola Oil, Corn Starch, Baker's Yeast, Barley Malt Flour (1%), Vinegar, iodised Salt, Cultured Whey, Vitamins (Thiamin, Folate).

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.

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.
Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 39 rye breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 33rd. 41% of the rye breads here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 39 rye breads, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 9310043008941, last edited 10 September 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 B (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.