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Is Amur 5 Sugar Waffles ultra-processed?

Waffles Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Amur 5 Sugar Waffles

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:

  • 25 ingredients
  • 6 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed waffles

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

wheat flour, pearl sugar 23.1%, vegetable oils (palm vegetable oils, rapeseed vegetable oils), margarine (vegetable oils (palm vegetable oils, rapeseed vegetable oils), water, salt, mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids, lecithin, acidity regulator, citric acid), yeast, eggs, invert sugar syrup, sorbitol syrup, soya flour, sugar 1.2%, salt, soya lecithin, natural flavouring, a557356 co €8 1w en 10

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid , E420 Sorbitol , E420ii Sorbitol syrup , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

wheat flour, pearl sugar 23,1%, vegetable oils (palm, rapeseed), margarine [vegetable oils (palm, rapeseed), water, salt, emulsifiers (mono and diglycerides of fatty acids, lecithin), acidity regulator (citric acid]], yeast, eggs, invert sugar syrup, stabiliser (sorbitol syrup), soya flour, sugar 1,2%, salt, emulsifier (soya lecithin), natural flavouring, a557356 co €8 1w en 10

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.

  • E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
  • E420 Sorbitol Sorbitol is a sugar alcohol used as a sweetener and to keep products moist.
  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
  • 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.

  • Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • 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 38 waffles

From least to most processed, this one ranks 25th. 95% of the waffles 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 38 waffles, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0700461775447, last edited 8 July 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.