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Is Asda Multigrain Crackers ultra-processed?

Crackers (Appetizers) Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Asda Multigrain 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:

  • 31 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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

Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin (B3), Thiamin (B1)), Rapeseed Oil, Wheat Flour, Grain Blend 7% (Cracked Wheat, Brown Rice, Rye, Flax Seeds, Millet), Glucose, Sea Salt, Raising Agents (Ammonium Carbonates, Sodium Carbonates), Barley Malt Extract, Sugar, Onion, Antioxidant (Tocopherol-Rich Extract), Preservative (Sodium Metabisulphite), including cereals containing gluten, flavours, hydrogenated fat

Additives: E223 Sodium metabisulphite , E306 Tocopherol-rich extract , E500 Sodium carbonates , E503 Ammonium carbonates

As written on the pack

Fortified Wheat Flour [Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin (B3), Thiamin (B1)], Rapeseed Oil, Wholemeal Wheat Flour, Grain Blend (7%) [Cracked Wheat, Brown Rice, Rye, Flax Seeds, Millet], Glucose (contains Sulphites), Sea Salt, Raising Agents (Ammonium Carbonates, Sodium Carbonates), Barley Malt Extract, Sugar (contains Sulphites), Onion Powder, Antioxidant (Tocopherol-Rich Extract), Preservative (Sodium Metabisulphite). Allergy Advice! For allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold. May also contain milk, oats and spelt. NO ARTIFICIAL COLOURS, FLAVOURS OR HYDROGENATED FAT.

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.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Hydrogenated fat An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
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.

  • Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" are at least group 3.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 715 crackers (Appetizers)

From least to most processed, this one ranks 545th. 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 5057172706204, last edited 27 March 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.