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Is Belvita Snack packs ultra-processed?

Biscuits Sold in the United States

Pack of Belvita Snack packs

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:

  • 65 ingredients
  • 6 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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

wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, vitamins, vitamin B2, folic acid, sugar, canola oil, rye flour, blueberries, invert sugar, malt syrup, sodium bicarbonate, salt, disodium pyrophosphate, natural flavor, ferric orthophosphate, niacinamide, pyridoxine hydrochloride, vitamins, vitamin B6, riboflavin, vitamins, vitamin B2, thiamin mononitrate, vitamin B1, rolled oats, invert sugar, salt, sodium bicarbonate, baking soda, disodium pyrophosphate, ferric orthophosphate, niacinamide, pyridoxine hydrochloride, vitamins, vitamin B6, riboflavin, vitamins, vitamin B2, thiamin mononitrate, vitamin B1, cocoa, semisweet chocolate, sugar, chocolate, cocoa butter, dextrose, soy lecithin, natural flavor, sodium bicarbonate, salt, disodium pyrophosphate, ferric orthophosphate, niacinamide, pyridoxine hydrochloride, vitamins, vitamin B6, riboflavin, vitamins, vitamin B2, thiamin mononitrate, vitamin B1

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E450 Diphosphates , E450i Disodium diphosphate , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

whole grain wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, vitamin B2, folic acid, sugar, canola oil, whole grain rye flour, blueberries, invert sugar, malt syrup, sodium bicarbonate, salt, disodium pyrophosphate, natural flavor, ferric orthophosphate, niacinamide, pyridoxine hydrochloride, vitamin B6, riboflavin, vitamin B2, thiamin mononitrate, vitamin B1, whole grain rolled oats, invert sugar, salt, sodium bicarbonate, baking soda, disodium pyrophosphate, ferric orthophosphate, niacinamide, pyridoxine hydrochloride, vitamin B6, riboflavin, vitamin B2, thiamin mononitrate, vitamin B1, cocoa, semisweet chocolate, sugar, chocolate, cocoa butter, dextrose, soy lecithin, natural flavor, sodium bicarbonate, salt, disodium pyrophosphate, ferric orthophosphate, 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,514 biscuits

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1179th. 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 0044000057046, last edited 29 November 2025), 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.