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Is Pepperidge Farm Jewish Rye Seeded Bread ultra-processed?

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Pack of Pepperidge Farm Jewish Rye Seeded 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:

  • 45 ingredients
  • 4 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

Ն Vitamin D 0mcg 0% Calcium 10mg 6% Potassium 40mg 0% Iron, Thiamin 0.2mg 15% Riboflavin 0.1mg 8% Niacin, Folate 50mcg DFE 15% (25mcg folic acid), The % Daily Value (DV), tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet, 2‚000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice, made from (enriched wheat flour, flour), niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, water, rye flour, yeast, wheat gluten, CONTAINS 2% and LESS OF (caraway seeds), salt, vegetable oil (soybean, canola), molasses, calcium propionate, sorbic acid to extend freshness, lactic acid, monoglycerides, malted barley flour, garlic, onion powders, dextrose, soy lecithin, pepperidge farm, INC, norwalk, CT 06851 Contains bioengineered food ingredients, The ingredients from canola, corn, soy, sugar in this product come from genetically modified crops, Learn more at pepperidgefarm.com 0400 7120-35-220

Additives: E220 Sulphur dioxide , E270 Lactic acid , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin

As written on the pack

Ն Vitamin D 0mcg 0% Calcium 10mg 6% Potassium 40mg 0% Iron 1.2mg . Thiamin 0.2mg 15% Riboflavin 0.1mg 8% Niacin 1.6mg 10% • Folate 50mcg DFE 15% (25mcg folic acid) *The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice. MADE FROM: ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, RYE FLOUR, YEAST, WHEAT GLUTEN, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: CARAWAY SEEDS, SALT, VEGETABLE OIL (SOYBEAN AND/OR CANOLA), MOLASSES, CALCIUM PROPIONATE AND SORBIC ACID TO EXTEND FRESHNESS, LACTIC ACID, MONOGLYCERIDES, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, GARLIC AND ONION POWDERS, DEXTROSE, SOY LECITHIN. CONTAINS: WHEAT, SOY. PEPPERIDGE FARM, INC., NORWALK, CT 06851 Contains bioengineered food ingredients. The ingredients from canola, corn, soy and sugar in this product come from genetically modified crops. Learn more at pepperidgefarm.com 0400 7120-35-220

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.

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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,390 breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1884th. 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 2,390 breads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0014100071204, last edited 3 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.