Is Belvita Crunchy Golden Oat Breakfast Biscuits ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- Invert sugar
- E322 Lecithins
- E450 Diphosphates
- E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids
- 32 ingredients
- 7 additives
- Nutri-Score D
Less processed biscuits
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
blend (rolled oats, rye flakes), flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate (vitamin b1), riboflavin, folic acid), canola oil, sugar (processing marker), wheat flour, evaporated cane sugar, malt syrup (from corn, barley), invert sugar (ultra-processing marker), baking soda, salt (processing marker), soy lecithin (ultra-processing marker), disodium pyrophosphate (ultra-processing marker), datem (ultra-processing marker), ferric orthophosphate (iron), niacinamide, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6), riboflavin, thiamin mononitrate (vitamin b1)
Additives: 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 , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate
As written on the pack
whole grain blend (rolled oats, rye flakes), enriched flour [wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate (vitamin b1), riboflavin (vitamin b2), folic acid], canola oil, sugar, whole grain wheat flour, evaporated cane sugar, malt syrup (from corn and barley), invert sugar, baking soda, salt, soy lecithin, disodium pyrophosphate, datem, ferric orthophosphate (iron), niacinamide, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6), riboflavin (vitamin b2), thiamin mononitrate (vitamin b1).
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.
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.
- Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
3 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.
Among 1,514 biscuits
From least to most processed, this one ranks 911th. 83% of the biscuits here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0044000028268, last edited 2 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.