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Is Back To Nature Multigrain Flax Seeded Flatbread Crackers ultra-processed?

Biscuits and cakes Sold in the United States

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 32 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed sweet snacks

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

flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate (vitamin b1), riboflavin (vitamin b2), folic acid), whole wheat flour, wheat flour, safflower oil, golden flax seed, cornstarch, whole grain millet, potato starch, brown rice syrup, brown flax seed, whole grain triticale, whole grain barley flakes, whole grain rye, whole grain rolled oats, naturally milled cane sugar, malted barley extract, sea salt, leavening (baking soda, monocalcium phosphate), garlic, parsley, onion, vitamin e to help protect flavor

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

As written on the pack

unbleached enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate {vitamin b1}, riboflavin {vitamin b2}, folic acid), whole wheat flour, unbleached wheat flour, safflower oil, golden flax seed, cornstarch, whole grain millet, potato starch, brown rice syrup, brown flax seed, whole grain triticale, whole grain barley flakes, whole grain rye, whole grain rolled oats, naturally milled cane sugar, malted barley extract, sea salt, leavening (baking soda, monocalcium phosphate), garlic powder, parsley, onion powder, vitamin e to help protect flavor,

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,122 biscuits and cakes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 326th. 84% of the biscuits and cakes 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 2,122 biscuits and cakes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0819898010240, last edited 19 June 2024), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • 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.