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Is Birch Benders Complete Pancake & Waffle Mix ultra-processed?

16 oz Pancake mixes Sold in the United States

Pack of Birch Benders Complete Pancake & Waffle Mix

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:

  • 11 ingredients
  • 4 additives

Less processed pancake mixes

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, Cane Sugar, Buttermilk, Skim Milk, Monocalcium Phosphate, Baking Soda, Pea Starch, Milk Powder, Salt, Potato Starch, Natural Flavor

Additives: E341 Calcium phosphates , E341i Monocalcium phosphate , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

Organic Wheat Flour, Organic Cane Sugar, Organic, organic Buttermilk, Organic Skim Milk, Monocalcium Phosphate, Baking Soda, Organic Pea Starch, Organic Milk Powder, Salt, Organic Potato Starch, Natural Flavor

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.

  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
5 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.
  • 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 43 pancake mixes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 11th. 79% of the pancake mixes 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 43 pancake mixes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0810001560522, last edited 2 February 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.