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Is The Kwikery Premium Hot Dog Buns ultra-processed?

14 oz Hot dog buns Sold in the United States

Pack of The Kwikery Premium Hot Dog Buns

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:

  • 44 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed special 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

Enriched Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Enzyme, Folic Acid), Water, Sugar, Yeast, Soybean Oil, Dough Conditioner Blend (Enriched Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Soy Flour, Calcium Propionate (Preservative), Monoglycerides, Monocalcium Phosphate, Soybean Oil, Ammonium Sulfate, Yeast, Enzymes, Calcium Peroxide, Ascorbic Acid), Ascorbic Acid, Calcium Propionate (Preservative), Calcium Stearoyl Lactylate, Enzymes, Folic Acid, Niacin, Iron, Riboflavin, Salt, Thiamine Mononitrate, Wheat Flour, Wheat Starch

Additives: E282 Calcium propionate , E341 Calcium phosphates , E341i Monocalcium phosphate , E517 Ammonium sulphate , E930 Calcium peroxide

As written on the pack

Enriched Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Enzyme, Folic Acid), Water, Sugar, Yeast, Soybean Oil, Dough Conditioner Blend (Enriched Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Defatted Soy Flour, Calcium Propionate (Preservative), Monoglycerides, Monocalcium Phosphate, Soybean Oil, Ammonium Sulfate, Yeast, Enzymes, Calcium Peroxide, Ascorbic Acid), Ascorbic Acid, Calcium Propionate (Preservative), Calcium Stearoyl Lactylate, Enzymes, Folic Acid, Niacin, Iron, Riboflavin, Salt, Thiamine Mononitrate, Wheat Flour, Wheat Starch.

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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 17 hot dog buns

From least to most processed, this one ranks 2nd. 88% of the hot dog buns 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 17 hot dog buns, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0039779040092, last edited 26 February 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.