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Is Aldi Specially Selected Black Pepper Oatcake Bites ultra-processed?

175g Crackers (Appetizers) Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Aldi Specially Selected Black Pepper Oatcake Bites

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:

  • 16 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed crackers (Appetizers)

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

oatmeal 58%, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Wheat Gluten, Calcium Carbonate, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin), Rapeseed Oil, Sugar, Salt, Raising Agents (Calcium Phosphates), Potassium Carbonate, Calcium Carbonate, cracked black pepper 1%

Additives: E341 Calcium phosphates , E501 Potassium carbonates , E501i Potassium carbonate

As written on the pack

OATMEAL (58%), Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Wheat Gluten, Calcium Carbonate, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin), Rapeseed Oil, Sugar, Salt, Raising Agents: Calcium Phosphates, Potassium Carbonate, Calcium Carbonate; CRACKED BLACK PEPPER (1%).

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

  • Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
4 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.

  • Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" are at least group 3.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 715 crackers (Appetizers)

From least to most processed, this one ranks 375th. 61% of the crackers (Appetizers) 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 715 crackers (Appetizers), least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600071121, 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.