Is Rudi's Rocky Mountain Sourdough Bread ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 15 ingredients
- No additives
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
wheat flour, water, sea salt (processing marker), vinegar, oat flour, barley malt, high oleic oil (sunflower oil (processing marker), safflower oil (processing marker)), yeast, wheat gluten (ultra-processing marker), wheat starch (processing marker), whole wheat flour, ascorbic acid, natural enzymes
As written on the pack
ORGANIC WHEAT FLOUR, WATER, SEA SALT, ORGANIC VINEGAR, ORGANIC OAT FLOUR, ORGANIC BARLEY MALT, ORGANIC HIGH OLEIC SUNFLOWER/SAFFLOWER OIL, YEAST, ORGANIC WHEAT GLUTEN, CULTURED ORGANIC WHEAT STARCH, ORGANIC WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, ASCORBIC ACID, NATURAL ENZYMES.
What makes it ultra-processed
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.
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.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0031493317511, last edited 4 May 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.