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Is Buc-ee's Beaver Nuggets ultra-processed?

13 oz Sold in the United States

Pack of Buc-ee's Beaver Nuggets

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:

  • 25 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Brown Sugar, Cornmeal, Corn Syrup, Vegetable Oil (Canola, Corn Oil), Contains 2% and Less of the Following (Salt), Margarine (Vegetable Oil Blend (Palm Oil, Soybean Oil), Water, Contains 2% and Less of (Salt), Soybean Lecithin, Vegetable Monoglycerides, Citric Acid (Preservative), Beta Carotene (Color), Natural Flavor, Vitamin A Palmitate Added), Soy Lecithin, Natural and Artificial Flavors

Additives: E160a Carotene , E160ai Beta-carotene , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Brown Sugar, Cornmeal, Corn Syrup, Vegetable Oil (Canola and/or Corn Oil), Contains 2% or Less of the Following: Salt, Margarine (Vegetable Oil Blend [Palm Oil, Soybean Oil], Water, Contains 2% or Less of: Salt, Soybean Lecithin [Soy], Vegetable Monoglycerides, Citric Acid [Preservative], Beta Carotene [Color], Natural Flavor and Vitamin A Palmitate Added), Soy Lecithin, Natural and Artificial Flavors

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.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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.

  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0192484000017, last edited 8 June 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.