Puffed wholegrain rice cakes, from least to most processed

We track 14 puffed wholegrain rice cakes, 21% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Brown Rice Cakes Salt-Free.

What makes puffed wholegrain rice cakes ultra-processed

The signs of ultra-processing found most often, and the share of puffed wholegrain rice cakes that contain each:

Unprocessed or minimally processed (4)

  1. 1 Brown Rice Cakes Salt-Free Lundberg Family Farms NOVA group 1
  2. 2 Wholegrain Rice Cakes Tesco NOVA group 1
  3. 3 Wholegrain rice cakes Lidl · 130 g NOVA group 1
  4. 4 Thin Brown Rice Cakes Red Rice & Quinoa Lundberg Family Farms · 6 oz NOVA group 1

Processed food (7)

  1. 5 Organic Lightly Salted Wholegrain Low Fat Rice Cakes Kallø · 130 g NOVA group 3
  2. 6 Lightly Salted Wholegrain Rice Cakes Tallo NOVA group 3
  3. 7 Brown Rice Cakes Lightly Salted Lundberg Family Farms · 241g NOVA group 3
  4. 8 Lightly Salted Rice Cakes Tesco NOVA group 3
  5. 9 Slightly Salted Rice Cakes Asda · 130 g NOVA group 3
  6. 10 Organic Brown Rice Cakes D Organic Biologique · 110 g NOVA group 3
  7. 11 Galettes de riz avec des graines de tournesol Kupiec · 84 g NOVA group 3

Ultra-processed food (3)

  1. 12 Cinnamon Toast Lundberg · 9,5 oz NOVA group 4
  2. 13 Peppermint Bites Drizzilicious · 227 g NOVA group 4
  3. 14 Honey Gluten Free Oat Cakes Kallø NOVA group 4

Within each group, products with fewer signs of ultra-processing, additives and ingredients come first. This ordering is ours, for comparison; it is not part of NOVA.