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Is Aldi Rosemary Crackers ultra-processed?

185 g Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Aldi Rosemary Crackers

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 30 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Sunflower Oil, Sugar, Corn Starch, Sea Salt, rosemary 1%, Yeast Powder (Barley, Wheat), Maltodextrin, Onion, Sugar Cane, Dextrose, Garlic, Dried Garlic, Flavouring, Black Pepper, White Pepper, flavourings, preservatives, NUTRITION This pack contains approx, 8 servings, TYPICAL VALUES Per 100g Per 4 crackers, 1989kJ

As written on the pack

Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Sunflower Oil, Sugar, Corn Starch, Sea Salt, ROSEMARY (1%), Yeast Powder (Barley, Wheat), Maltodextrin, Onion Powder, Sugar Cane Syrup, Dextrose, Garlic Powder, Dried Garlic, Flavouring, Black Pepper, White Pepper. ALLERGY ADVICE: For allergens, see ingredients in bold. May also contain sesame. DIETARY ADVICE: Suitable for vegans. No artificial colours, flavourings or preservatives. NUTRITION This pack contains approx. 8 servings. TYPICAL VALUES Per 100g Per 4 crackers (23g) 1989kJ/

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
5 ingredients that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4061462606298, last edited 27 March 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.