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Is Alyssa's Oat bites ultra-processed?

6 oz Oatmeal biscuits Sold in the United States

Pack of Alyssa's Oat 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:

  • 18 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed oatmeal biscuits

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

rolled oats, whole oats, oat bran, chicory root fiber, cranberries, black currants, coconut, dates, palm fruit oil, filtered water, coconut oil, flax seeds, natural flavors, vanilla extract, psyllium husk, chia seeds, baking soda, cinnamon

Additives: E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

GLUTEN FREE WHOLE GRAIN ROLLED OATS, GROUND WHOLE OATS, OAT BRAN, CHICORY ROOT FIBER, DRIED CRANBERRIES, DRIED BLACK CURRANTS, DRIED UNSWEETENED COCONUT, DRIED DATES, ORGANIC PALM FRUIT OIL, FILTERED WATER, ORGANIC COCONUT OIL, GROUND FLAX SEEDS, NATURAL FLAVORS, VANILLA EXTRACT, PSYLLIUM HUSK, CHIA SEEDS, BAKING SODA, CINNAMON.

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.

  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
2 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.

  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 24 oatmeal biscuits

From least to most processed, this one ranks 16th. 63% of the oatmeal biscuits 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 24 oatmeal biscuits, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0867169000117, last edited 12 September 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.