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Is Seattle Sourdough Baking Company Waterfront Sourdough ultra-processed?

24 oz Breads Sold in the United States

Pack of Seattle Sourdough Baking Company Waterfront Sourdough

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:

  • 24 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • 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 (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, contains 2% and less of each of the following (vital wheat gluten), salt, yeast, distilled vinegar, vegetable oil (canola, soy), corn meal, dough conditioners (ascorbic acid), calcium sulfate, enzymes, potassium sorbate (mold inhibitor)

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E300 Ascorbic acid , E516 Calcium sulphate

As written on the pack

Enriched unbleached wheat flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin and folic acid), water, contains 2% or less of each of the following: vital wheat gluten, salt, yeast, distilled vinegar, vegetable oil (canola and/or soy), corn meal, dough conditioners (ascorbic acid), calcium sulfate, enzymes, potassium sorbate (mold inhibitor).

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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

Preservation and traditional processing

Keep food safe or ferment it, like preservatives and cultures. A sign of processing, not ultra-processing.

  • E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,390 breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 673rd. 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 0072220101515, last edited 29 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.