Is Atria Hornet Snacks Buffalo Bites ultra-processed?

600 g Sold in Aland Islands and Finland

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Dextrose
Flavouring
Glucose
Maltodextrin
Vegetable fiber
E327 Calcium lactate

21 ingredients
3 additives

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Kycklinglårkött 81%, vatten, majsgryn, joderat salt (processing marker), kryddor (bland annat paprika, chili, tomat, svartpeppar, vitlök, spiskummin), aromer (ultra-processing marker), citronfiber (ultra-processing marker), maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), socker (processing marker), vinäger, surhetsreglerande medel (äppelsyra, e270, e327 (ultra-processing marker)), dextros (ultra-processing marker)

Additives: E270 Lactic acid , E296 Malic acid , E327 Calcium lactate

As written on the pack

Kycklinglårkött 81%, vatten, majsgryn, joderat salt, kryddor (bl.a. paprika, chili, tomat, svartpeppar, vitlök, spiskummin), aromer, citronfiber, maltodextrin, socker, vinäger, surhetsreglerande medel (äppelsyra, E 270, E 327), dextros.

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.

E327 Calcium lactate Thickeners are substances which increase the viscosity of a foodstuff.
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.

Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.

2 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.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 6407810014809, last edited 12 February 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.
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.