Is Belvita Crunchy Breakfast - Choc Chips ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- E322 Lecithins
- E450 Diphosphates
- E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids
- 28 ingredients
- 8 additives
- Nutri-Score C
Less processed chocolate biscuits
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Cereals 61.3% (cereals 38.4% (oat flakes 17.6%, wheat flour 13.2%, oat 4.3%, spelt flour 1.1% (wheat), rye flour 1.1%, barley flour 1.1%), wheat flour 22.9%), sugar (processing marker), chocolate chips 9.5% (cocoa paste, sugar (processing marker), soya lecithin (ultra-processing marker)), rapeseed oil, polydextrose, minerals (calcium carbonate, magnesium carbonate, electrolytic iron), sodium carbonates, ammonium carbonates, disodium diphosphate (ultra-processing marker), soya lecithin (ultra-processing marker), e472e (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker), skimmed milk powder (processing marker)
Additives: E1200 Polydextrose , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E450 Diphosphates , E450i Disodium diphosphate , E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E500 Sodium carbonates , E503 Ammonium carbonates
As written on the pack
Cereals 61.3 % [wholegrain cereals 38.4 % (oat flakes 17.6 %, wholegrain wheat flour 13.2 %, oat grits 4.3 %, wholegrain spelt flour (wheat) 1.1 %, wholegrain rye flour 1.1 %, wholegrain barley flour 1.1 %), wheat flour 22.9 %], sugar, chocolate chips 9.5 % [cocoa paste, sugar, emulsifier (soya lecithin)], rapeseed oil, bulking agent (polydextrose), minerals (calcium carbonate, magnesium carbonate, electrolytic iron), raising agents (sodium carbonates, ammonium carbonates, disodium diphosphate), emulsifiers (soya lecithin, E472e), salt, skimmed milk powder.
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.
4 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.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- 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 301 chocolate biscuits
From least to most processed, this one ranks 75th. 95% of the chocolate biscuits here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7622210328281, last edited 21 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 C (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.