Declared allergens
This product declares Gluten.
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 26 Feb 2026
Pumpernickel bread
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health high · 2 additives of concern (worst: Ammonia caramel).
- High
Allergens
- Gluten
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 26 Feb 2026
Why it's rated this way
2 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.
Ammonia caramelModerate concernCaramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Caramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
- Regulatory basis
- Greenveil's curated additives-of-concern list, which cites the authority behind each entry.
- How sure we are
- High confidence. Matched by the additive code declared on the label.
Calcium propionateMinor concernPropionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Propionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.
- Regulatory basis
- Greenveil's curated additives-of-concern list, which cites the authority behind each entry.
- How sure we are
- High confidence. Matched by the additive code declared on the label.
Ingredients
- Fortified wheat flour53.6%No flag
- Niacin · E3756.6%No flag
- Riboflavin · E1010.8%No flag
- Rye base5.8%No flag
- Acetic acid · E2600.2%No flag
- Lactic acid · E270<0.1%No flag
- Natural flavouring<0.1%No flag
- Rye chops0.7%No flag
- Caramel color · E150a0.4%No flag
- Dough conditioner blend0.2%No flag
- Calcium sulfate · E516<0.1%No flag
- Vegetable fat<0.1%No flag
- Modified palm oil<0.1%No flag
- Mono- and diglycerides · E471<0.1%No flag
- Polysorbate 60 · E435<0.1%No flag
- White distilled vinegar<0.1%No flag
- Calcium propionate · E282<0.1%Low
Propionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.
- Preservative<0.1%No flag
- Ascorbic acid · E300<0.1%No flag
- Ammonia caramel (E150C)Moderate
Caramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
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Enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, rye flour, rye base (rye flour, salt, wheat flour, caraway seeds, sugar, acetic acid, lactic acid, dill seed, natural flavor), caraway seeds, yeast, rye chops, caramel color, dough conditioner blend (calcium sulfate, wheat starch, wheat flour, enzymes, salt), vegetable shortening (modified palm oil, mono and diglycerides, polysorbate 60), white distilled vinegar, calcium propionate (preservative), ascorbic acid, enzymes.
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Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Contains additive of concern
- Ammonia caramelCaramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
- Calcium propionatePropionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.
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