Is Belvita Breakfast Biscuits Yogurt Crunch Live Yogurt 5 Packs ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- Flavouring
- E322 Lecithins
- E450 Diphosphates
- E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids
- 34 ingredients
- 10 additives
- Nutri-Score D
Less processed biscuits
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Whole wheat cereal with added vitamins and iron. 12 Biscuits
Weetabix
10 ingredients · no additives
NOVA group
3
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Fruit & Seed Oatcakes
Nairn's
9 ingredients · 2 additives
NOVA group
3
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Shortbread Fingers
Walker’s
9 ingredients · no additives
NOVA group
3
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original made with sea salt
Triscuit
3 ingredients · no additives
NOVA group
3
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Cereals 55.2% (WHEAT flour 30.3%, cereals 24.9% (WHEAT flour 11.7%, OAT flakes 10%, RYE flour 1%, BARLEY flour 1%, SPELT flour 1%, buckwheat 0.2%)), sugar (processing marker), vegetable oils (processing marker) (rapeseed vegetable oils, palm vegetable oils, coconut vegetable oils), WHEAT starch (processing marker), skimmed MILK yogurt powder 3%, minerals (calcium carbonate, magnesium carbonate, elemental iron), sodium hydrogen carbonate, disodium diphosphate (ultra-processing marker), ammonium hydrogen carbonate, flavourings (ultra-processing marker), SOYA lecithin (ultra-processing marker), e472e (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker), skimmed MILK powder (processing marker), citric acid, vitamins, vitamin E, vitamins, vitamin B1, thiamin
Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid , E450 Diphosphates , E450i Disodium diphosphate , E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate , E503 Ammonium carbonates , E503ii Ammonium hydrogen carbonate
As written on the pack
Cereals 55,2 % [WHEAT flour 30,3 %, wholegrain cereals 24,9 % (wholegrain WHEAT flour 11,7 %, OAT flakes 10 %, wholegrain RYE flour 1 %, wholegrain BARLEY flour 1 %, wholegrain SPELT flour 1 %, wholegrain crushed buckwheat 0,2 %)], sugar, vegetable oils (rapeseed, palm, coconut in varying proportions), WHEAT starch, skimmed MILK yogurt powder 3 %, minerals (calcium carbonate, magnesium carbonate, elemental iron), raising agents (sodium hydrogen carbonate, disodium diphosphate, ammonium hydrogen carbonate), flavourings, emulsifiers (SOYA lecithin, E472e), salt, skimmed MILK powder, acidity regulator (citric acid), vitamins [vitamin E, vitamin B1 (thiamin)]. MAY CONTAIN EGG, NUTS.
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.
- E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
- E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- 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.
- Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.
Among 1,514 biscuits
From least to most processed, this one ranks 932nd. 83% of the biscuits here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7622300624859, last edited 1 May 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.