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Is Freya's Roggenbrot Dark Rye ultra-processed?

750 g Multigrain sliced breads Sold in New Zealand and France

Pack of Freya's Roggenbrot Dark Rye

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:

  • 22 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed multigrain sliced 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 wheat 17%, kibbled rye 6%, wheat gluten, rye meal 3%, sugar, yeast, iodised salt, malted barley, linseeds, sesame seeds, canola oil, soy flour, emulsifier (481), kibbled soy, acidity regulators (263, 330), vitamin (folic acid)

Additives: E263 Calcium acetate , E330 Citric acid , E481 Sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E481 Sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate.

As written on the pack

Water, wheat flour, kibbled wheat 17%, kibbled rye 6%, wheat gluten, rye meal 3%, sugar, yeast, iodised salt, malted barley, linseeds, sesame seeds, canola oil, soy flour, emulsifier (481), kibbled soy, acidity regulators (263, 330), vitamin (folic acid).

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.

  • E481 Sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.

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.
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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 59 multigrain sliced breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 47th. 80% of the multigrain sliced 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 59 multigrain sliced breads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 9414987011682, last edited 24 June 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.