Is Rudolph's Bavarian Premium Sandwich Sourdough Bread ultra-processed?

500 g Breads Sold in Canada and France

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Whey

15 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score C

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

wheat flour, water, sour (water, dark rye flour, bacterial culture), coarse whole rye grain, RYE, sesame seeds, flax seed, honey (processing marker), yeast, salt (processing marker), whey powder (ultra-processing marker), calcium propionate

Additives: E282 Calcium propionate

As written on the pack

UNBLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, WATER, SOUR, (WATER, DARK RYE FLOUR AND BACTERIAL CULTURE), COARSE WHOLE RYE GRAIN, WHOLE RYE SEED, SESAME SEEDS, FLAX SEED, HONEY, YEAST, SALT, WHEY POWDER (MILK), CALCIUM PROPIONATE.

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.

Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.

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.

Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,390 breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 935th. 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 0057894009152, last edited 20 September 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 C (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.