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Is Keto Culture Bun ultra-processed?

Hot dog buns Sold in the United States

Pack of Keto Culture Bun

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:

  • 24 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed hot dog buns

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

bun base (modified wheat starch, VW, HEAT ts GLUTEN, inulin, chicory vegetable fiber, oat fiber, wheat protein isolate), water, yeast, soybean oil, CONTAINS 2% and LESS OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING (salt), distilled vinegar, ascorbic acid, fully hydrogenated (449), soybean oil, sorbic acid (mold inhibitor), calcium propionate (mold inhibitór), enzymes, 50

Additives: E200 Sorbic acid , E282 Calcium propionate , E300 Ascorbic acid

As written on the pack

BUN BASE (MODIFIED WHEAT STARCH, VW/HEAT ts GLUTEN, INULIN OR CHICORY VEGETABLE FIBER, OAT FIBER, WHEAT PROTEIN ISOLATE), WATER, YEAST, SOYBEAN OIL, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING: SALT, DISTILLED VINEGAR, ASCORBIC ACID, FULLY HYDROGENATED 44g) (449)SOYBEAN OIL, SORBIC ACID (MOLD INHIBITOR), CALCIUM PROPIONATE (MOLD INHIBITÓR), ENZYMES. CONTAINS: WHEAT 50

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.

  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

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.

  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
3 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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 17 hot dog buns

From least to most processed, this one ranks 5th. 88% of the hot dog buns 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 17 hot dog buns, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0072220020090, last edited 27 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.