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Is Belvita BREAKFAST Honey & Nut with choc chips ultra-processed?

1 225g Dry biscuits Sold in the United Kingdom, the United States and 2 more countries

Pack of Belvita BREAKFAST Honey & Nut with choc chips

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:

  • 40 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed dry 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 63.2% wheat flour 42.8%, cereals 20.4% (oat flakes 12.4%, conta wheat flour 3.2%, barley flour 2.6%, spelt flour 1.1% (wheat), whole rye flour 1.1%), sugar, rapeseed oil, polydextrose, chocolate drops 3% (sugar, cocoa mass, vegetable oils (palm, shea in varying proportions), dextrose, cocoa butter, soya lecithins), hazelnut 2.5%, honey 2%, mineral blend (calcium carbonate, magnesium carbonate, elemental iron), ammonium carbonates, potassium carbonates, sodium carbonates, flavourings, citric acid, emulsifier fre (soya lecithins), salt, skimmed milk powder, best before (see top of pack), store in a dry place, protect from heat, co stiamfi ux 25 mor

Additives: E1200 Polydextrose , E322 Lecithins , E330 Citric acid , E503 Ammonium carbonates

As written on the pack

cereals 63,2 % wheat flour 42,8 %, wholegrain cereals 20,4 % (oat flakes 12,4 %, conta wholegrain wheat flour 3,2 %, wholegrain barley flour 2,6 %, wholegrain spelt flour (wheat) 1,1%, whole rye flour 1,1 %), sugar, rapeseed oil, bulking agent (polydextrose), chocolate drops 3% [sugar, cocoa mass, vegetable oils (palm, shea in varying proportions), dextrose, cocoa butter, emulsifier (soya lecithins)], roasted hazelnut pieces 2,5 %, honey 2 %, mineral blend (calcium carbonate, magnesium carbonate, elemental iron), raising agents (ammonium carbonates, potassium carbonates, sodium carbonates), flavourings, acidity regulator (citric acid), emulsifier fre (soya lecithins), salt, skimmed milk powder, may contain egg, best before: see top of pack, store in a dry place, protect from heat, co stiamfi ux 25 mor

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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
7 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.
  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 68 dry biscuits

From least to most processed, this one ranks 40th. 84% of the dry 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 68 dry biscuits, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7622202019265, last edited 27 July 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.