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Is Franz Sourdough Bread ultra-processed?

14 oz Breads Sold in the United States

Pack of Franz Sourdough Bread

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 14 ingredients
  • 3 additives

Less processed 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, brown rice flour, tapioca starch, tapioca syrup, high oleic safflower oil, potato starch, corn starch, xanthan gum, CONTAINS 2% and LESS OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING (sunflower lecithin), salt, rice flour, yeast, enzymes

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

WATER, BROWN RICE FLOUR, TAPIOCA STARCH, TAPIOCA SYRUP, HIGH OLEIC SAFFLOWER OIL, POTATO STARCH, CORN STARCH, XANTHAN GUM, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING: SUNFLOWER LECITHIN, SALT, CULTURED RICE FLOUR, YEAST, ENZYMES.

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
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 2,388 breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1356th. 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 0072220010183, last edited 25 July 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.