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Is Annie's Hidden Veggies Cheesy Cheddar Baked Crackers ultra-processed?

Crackers (Appetizers) Sold in the United States

Pack of Annie's Hidden Veggies Cheesy Cheddar Baked 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:

  • 28 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

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

Wheat Flour, Sunflower Oil, Sweet Potato, Pumpkin, Tomato, Salt, Cane Sugar, Cheddar Cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes), Whey, Barley Malt Extract, Sea Salt, Butter (cream, salt), Corn Starch, Carrot Powder, Natural Flavor, Yeast, Baking Soda, Monocalcium Phosphate, Yeast, Whey, Vinegar, Annatto (for color)

Additives: E160b Annatto , E341 Calcium phosphates , E341i Monocalcium phosphate , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

Organic Wheat Flour, Organic Expeller-Pressed Sunflower Oil, Organic Sweet Potato Powder, Organic Pumpkin Powder, Organic Tomato Powder, Salt, Organic Cane Sugar, Organic Cheddar Cheese (organic cultured milk, salt, non-animal enzymes), Organic Whey, Organic Barley Malt Extract, Sea Salt, Organic Butter (organic cream, salt), Organic Corn Starch, Organic Carrot Powder, Organic Natural Flavor, Organic Dry Yeast, Baking Soda, Monocalcium Phosphate, Organic Yeast, Cultured Organic Whey, Organic Vinegar, Organic Annatto (for color)

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.

  • E160b Annatto Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • 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.

  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
7 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.
  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • 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.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 715 crackers (Appetizers)

From least to most processed, this one ranks 600th. 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 0013562122035, last edited 5 May 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.