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Is Belvita Breakfast Biscuits Honey and Nuts ultra-processed?

50 g Biscuits Sold in the United States and France

Pack of Belvita Breakfast Biscuits Honey and Nuts

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
  • 7 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed biscuits

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

cereals 62.5% (wheat flour 41.9%, cereals 20.6% (oat flakes 12.5%, wheat flour 3.2%, barley flour 2.7%, spelt flour 1.1% (wheat), rye flour 1.1%)), sugar, rapeseed oil, chocolate chips 3.1% (sugar, cocoa paste, cocoa butter, soya lecithin), hazelnuts 2.5%, honey 2.1%, sodium hydrogen carbonate, ammonium hydrogen carbonate, flavourings, minerals (magnesium carbonate, elemental iron), salt, citric acid, soya lecithin, vitamins (vitamin e, vitamin b1 (thiamin))

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 62,5 % [wheat flour 41,9 %, wholegrain cereals 20,6 % (oat flakes 12,5 %, wholegrain wheat flour 3,2 %, wholegrain barley flour 2,7 %, wholegrain spelt flour (wheat) 1,1 %, wholegrain rye flour 1,1 %)], sugar, rapeseed oil, chocolate chips 3,1 % [sugar, cocoa paste, cocoa butter, emulsifier (soya lecithin)], hazelnuts 2,5 %, honey 2,1 %, raising agents (sodium hydrogen carbonate, ammonium hydrogen carbonate), flavourings, minerals (magnesium carbonate, elemental iron), salt , acidity regulator (citric acid), emulsifier (soya lecithin), vitamins [vitamin e, vitamin b1(thiamin)], may contain egg and 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.
5 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.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,514 biscuits

From least to most processed, this one ranks 594th. 83% of the biscuits 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 1,514 biscuits, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7622210205780, last edited 13 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.