Is kelderman German style rye bread Kelderman Rye Bread, German Style ultra-processed?

400g Rye breads Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of kelderman German style rye bread Kelderman Rye Bread, German Style

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

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

Whole foods combined with:

  • 14 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score A

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

Rye 54% (and kernels), water, yeast, dextrinated wheat flour, iodised salt (processing marker), wheat bran, barley malt, acidifiers (lactic acid, citric acid), preservatives (processing marker) (calcium propionate, sorbic acid)

Additives: E200 Sorbic acid , E270 Lactic acid , E282 Calcium propionate , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Rye 54% (wholemeal and kernels), water, yeast, dextrinated wholemeal wheat flour, iodised salt, wheat bran, barley malt, acidifiers (lactic acid, citric acid), preservatives (calcium propionate, sorbic acid).

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.

Preservation and traditional processing

Keep food safe or ferment it, like preservatives and cultures. A sign of processing, not ultra-processing.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 39 rye breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 23rd. 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 8710482070621, last edited 8 March 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.