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Is Annie's Snack Variety Pack ultra-processed?

11 oz Biscuits Sold in the United States

Pack of Annie's Snack Variety Pack

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:

  • 58 ingredients
  • 6 additives

Less processed 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

Friends Bunny Grahams Wheat Flour, Cane Sugar, Sunflower Oil, Whole Wheat Flour (graham flour), Corn Flour, Invert Cane Syrup, Chocolate Cookie Bits (wheat flour, sugar, sunflower oil, malted black barley flour, cocoa, baking soda), Honey, Calcium Carbonate, Cocoa Powder, Natural Flavor, Baking Soda, Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips (cane sugar, chocolate, cocoa butter, vanilla extract), Sea Salt, Rosemary Extract (to protect flavor), Cheddar Bunnies Wheat Flour, Sunflower Oil, Sea Salt, Cheddar Cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), Yeast, Nonfat Dry Milk, Paprika, Monocalcium Phosphate, Baking Soda, Onion, Cane Sugar, Annatto (for color), Cheddar Squares Wheat Flour, Sunflower Oil, Sea Salt, Cheddar Cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), Yeast, Nonfat Dry Milk, Paprika, Onion, Annatto (for color)

Additives: E160b Annatto , E341 Calcium phosphates , E341i Monocalcium phosphate , E392 Extracts of rosemary , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

Friends Bunny Grahams Organic Wheat Flour, Organic Cane Sugar, Organic Expeller-Pressed Sunflower Oil, Organic Whole Wheat Flour (graham flour), Organic Corn Flour, Organic Invert Cane Syrup, Organic Chocolate Cookie Bits (organic wheat flour, organic sugar, organic expeller-pressed sunflower oil, organic malted black barley flour, organic cocoa, baking soda), Organic Honey, Calcium Carbonate, Organic Cocoa Powder, Organic Natural Flavor, Baking Soda, Organic Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips (organic cane sugar, organic unsweetened chocolate, organic cocoa butter, organic vanilla extract), Sea Salt, Organic Rosemary Extract (to protect flavor). Cheddar Bunnies Organic Wheat Flour, Organic Expeller-Pressed Sunflower Oil, Sea Salt, Organic Cheddar Cheese (pasteurized organic milk, cheese cultures, salt, non-animal enzymes), Organic Yeast, Organic Nonfat Dry Milk, Organic Paprika, Monocalcium Phosphate, Baking Soda, Organic Onion Powder, Organic Cane Sugar, Organic Annatto (for color). Cheddar Squares Organic Wheat Flour, Organic Expeller-Pressed Sunflower Oil, Sea Salt, Organic Cheddar Cheese (pasteurized organic milk, cheese cultures, salt, non-animal enzymes), Organic Yeast, Organic Nonfat Dry Milk, Organic Paprika, Organic Onion Powder, 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.

  • Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
8 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.

  • Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • 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.
  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,514 biscuits

From least to most processed, this one ranks 901st. 83% of the 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 1,514 biscuits, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0013562001804, last edited 17 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.