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Is Beech-Nut Melties with fruit & veggies ultra-processed?

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Pack of Beech-Nut Melties with fruit & veggies

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:

  • 4 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

apple, pumpkin, mango, chicory root fiber

As written on the pack

APPLE, PUMPKIN, MANGO, CHICORY ROOT FIBER

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0052200041024, last edited 2 April 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.