Is San Francisco Pretzel Company Sourdough specials ultra-processed?

Pretzel Sold in the United Kingdom and the United States

Pack of San Francisco Pretzel Company Sourdough specials

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:

  • 13 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed appetizers

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, Sait, Vegetable Oil (processing marker) (Corn Oil, Sunflower Oil, Canola Oil, and Palm Oil), Yeast, Acidity Regulators (Citric Acid, Lactic Acid), Raising Agent (Sodium Bicarbonate)

Additives: E270 Lactic acid , E330 Citric acid , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

Wheat Flour, Sait, Vegetable Oil (Corn Oil, Sunflower Oil, Canola Oil, And/Or Palm Oil), Yeast, Acidity Regulators (Citric Acid, Lactic Acid), Raising Agent: Sodium Bicarbonate.

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 64 pretzel

From least to most processed, this one ranks 24th. 63% of the pretzel 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 64 pretzel, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0041780202680, last edited 23 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.
  • NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.