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Is 365 Everyday Value Saltine Crackers ultra-processed?

Biscuits and cakes Sold in the United States

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:

  • 16 ingredients
  • 2 additives

Less processed sweet snacks

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, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), safflower, sunflower seed oil, salt, contains less than 2% of (baking soda (sodium bicarbonate)), microbial enzymes, yeast, malted barley flour

Additives: E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

Unbleached enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), expeller pressed safflower seed and/or sunflower seed oil, salt, contains less than 2% of: baking soda (sodium bicarbonate), microbial enzymes, yeast, malted barley flour

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.

  • Enzyme Enzymes carry out traditional processes such as cheese making and baking.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,122 biscuits and cakes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 276th. 84% of the biscuits and cakes 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 2,122 biscuits and cakes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0099482410988, last edited 27 May 2025), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.