Is Belvita Breakfast Biscuits Honey & Nuts 5X45G ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 33 ingredients
- 7 additives
- Nutri-Score D
Less processed breakfast biscuit
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
cereals 61.5%, wheat flour 41.4%, cereals 20.1%, oat flakes 12.3%, wheat flour 3.2%, barley flour 2.6%, spelt flour 1% (wheat), rye flour 1 %1, sugar (processing marker), rapeseed oil, chocolate chips 3%, sugar (processing marker), cocoa mass, vegetable oils (processing marker) (palm, shea (processing marker)), dextrose (ultra-processing marker), cocoa butter (processing marker), soya lecithin (ultra-processing marker), l, hazelnut 2.5%, honey (processing marker) 2%, minerals (calcium carbonate, magnesium carbonate, elemental iron), sodium hydrogen carbonate, ammonium hydrogen carbonate, salt (processing marker), citric acid, soya lecithin (ultra-processing marker), flavourings (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate , E503 Ammonium carbonates , E503ii Ammonium hydrogen carbonate
As written on the pack
cereals 61,5 % [wheat flour 41,4 %, wholegrain cereals 20,1 % (oat flakes 12,3 %, wholegrain wheat flour 3,2 %, wholegrain barley flour 2,6 %, wholegrain spelt flour (wheat) 1 %, wholegrain rye flour 1 %1, sugar, rapeseed oil, chocolate chips 3 % [ sugar , cocoa mass, vegetable oils (palm, shea, in varying proportions), dextrose, cocoa butter, emulsifier (soya lecithin)l, hazelnut pieces 2,5 %, honey 2 %, minerals (calcium carbonate, magnesium carbonate , elemental iron), raising agents (sodium hydrogen carbonate, ammonium hydrogen carbonate), salt, acid (citric acid), emulsifier (soya lecithin), flavourings, may contain egg, milk
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.
- E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
- 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.
6 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.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Vegetable fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
- 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.
Among 28 breakfast biscuit
From least to most processed, this one ranks 14th. 82% of the breakfast biscuit here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7622210740564, last edited 15 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 D (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.