Is Dutch Bakery Ciabatta Rolls ultra-processed?

Breads Sold in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Vegetable oil

14 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed breads

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Rye sourdough flatbread - M&S Food Marks & Spencer 7 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 1
Spelt Sourdough Bread Waitrose 8 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 1

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

Wheat Flour, Water, Olive Oil (processing marker) 2%, Yeast, iodized Salt (processing marker) (Salt, Potassium iodide), Sourdough Culture 0.8% (Wheat), Rice Flour, Flour Improver (Ascorbic Acid), Enzymes (Wheat)

Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid , potassium iodide

As written on the pack

Wheat Flour, Water, Olive Oil (2%), Yeast, iodized Salt (Salt, Potassium iodide), Sourdough Culture (0.8%) (Wheat), Rice Flour, Flour Improver (Ascorbic Acid), Enzymes (Wheat).

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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.
Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,388 breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 633rd. 71% of the 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 2,388 breads, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8719089007559, last edited 13 July 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
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 C (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.