Is Bon Appétit! Chocolate Sugar Waffles ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- Flavouring
- Invert sugar
- E160a Carotene
- E322 Lecithins
- E420 Sorbitol
- E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids
- and 1 more
- 19 ingredients
- 6 additives
- Nutri-Score E
Less processed waffles
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Wheat Flour, sugar (processing marker) 27%, Palm Fat, Water, Egg, Yeast, Rapeseed Oil, Soya Flour, Invert Sugar Syrup (ultra-processing marker), Low Fat Cocoa Powder, Sorbitol (ultra-processing marker), Sorbitan Tristearate (ultra-processing marker), Coconut Fat (processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Lecithins (ultra-processing marker), mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids (ultra-processing marker), Flavourings (ultra-processing marker), Citric Acid, Carotenes (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E160a Carotene , E322 Lecithins , E330 Citric acid , E420 Sorbitol , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E492 Sorbitan tristearate
As written on the pack
Wheat Flour, SUGAR (27%), Palm Fat, Water, Pasteurised Egg, Yeast, Rapeseed Oil, Soya Flour, Invert Sugar Syrup, Low Fat Cocoa Powder, Stabilisers: Sorbitol, Sorbitan Tristearate; Coconut Fat, Salt, Emulsifiers: Lecithins (Soya), Mono-and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids; Flavourings, Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid; Colour: Carotenes
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.
- E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
- 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.
- E420 Sorbitol Sorbitol is a sugar alcohol used as a sweetener and to keep products moist.
- E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
- E492 Sorbitan tristearate 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.
- 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.
- Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
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.
- Vegetable fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
- Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.
Among 38 waffles
From least to most processed, this one ranks 32nd. 95% of the waffles here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600245690, last edited 5 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 E (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.