Is Silver Floss Shredded Kraut ultra-processed?

Fermented vegetables Sold in the United States

Pack of Silver Floss Shredded Kraut

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:

  • 6 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed fermented vegetables

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

cabbage, water, salt (processing marker), sodium benzoate, and SODIUM BISULFITE (as preservatives (processing marker))

Additives: E211 Sodium benzoate , E222 Sodium bisulphite

As written on the pack

CABBAGE, WATER, SALT, SODIUM BENZOATE, AND SODIUM BISULFITE (AS PRESERVATIVES)

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.

Preservation and traditional processing

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

How the NOVA groups work

Among 44 fermented vegetables

From least to most processed, this one ranks 38th. 11% of the fermented vegetables 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 44 fermented vegetables, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0023000006759, last edited 29 May 2025), 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.