Is Annie's Homegrown Organic extra cheesy cheddar bunnies snack crackers ultra-processed?

Crackers (Appetizers) Sold in the United States

Pack of Annie's Homegrown Organic extra cheesy cheddar bunnies snack 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:

  • 34 ingredients
  • 6 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

wheat flour, whole wheat flour, sunflower oil (processing marker), cheddar cheese (processing marker) (cultured pasteurized milk, salt (processing marker), enzymes (processing marker)), whey (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker), cheddar cheese (processing marker) (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures (processing marker), sea salt (processing marker), enzymes (processing marker)), butter (processing marker) (cream, salt (processing marker)), leavening (baking soda, monocalcium phosphate), yeast, paprika, cultured milk, nonfat dry milk (processing marker), annatto (ultra-processing marker) (for color (ultra-processing marker)), vinegar, cultured whey, onion, celery seed, mixed tocopherols (vitamin e), to protect flavor (processing marker), enzymes (processing marker)

Additives: E160b Annatto , E306 Tocopherol-rich extract , E341 Calcium phosphates , E341i Monocalcium phosphate , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

Organic wheat flour, organic whole wheat flour, organic expeller-pressed sunflower oil, organic cheddar cheese (organic cultured pasteurized milk, salt, non-animal enzymes), organic whey, salt, organic cheddar cheese (pasteurized organic milk, cheese cultures, sea salt, non-animal enzymes), organic butter (organic cream, salt), leavening (baking soda, monocalcium phosphate), organic yeast, organic paprika, cultured organic milk, organic nonfat dry milk, organic annatto (for color), organic vinegar, cultured organic whey, organic onion powder , organic celery seed powder, mixed tocopherols (vitamin e) to protect flavor, enzymes.

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.

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.
10 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.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • 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.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.
  • Enzyme Enzymes carry out traditional processes such as cheese making and baking.
  • Microbial culture Microbial cultures ferment foods such as yoghurt, cheese and sourdough.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 715 crackers (Appetizers)

From least to most processed, this one ranks 555th. 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 0013562320509, last edited 21 March 2025), 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.