Is Cheez-It ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 30 ingredients
- 4 additives
- Nutri-Score D
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, vitamin B1 (thiamin mononitrate), vitamin B2 (riboflavin), folic acid), vegetable oil (processing marker) (high oleic soybean oil, soybean oil, palm oil, canola oil, tbhq (for freshness)), cheese made with skim milk (skim milk, whey protein (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker), cheese cultures, enzymes, annatto (color (ultra-processing marker))), salt (processing marker) 2%, paprika, yeast, paprika extract (ultra-processing marker) (color (ultra-processing marker)), soy lecithin (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E319 Tertiary-butylhydroquinone (tbhq) , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin
As written on the pack
Enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, vitamin B1 [thiamin mononitrate], vitamin B2 [riboflavin], folic acid), vegetable oil (high oleic soybean oil, soybean oil, palm oil, canola oil, TBHQ (for freshness)), cheese made with skim milk (skim milk, whey protein, salt, cheese cultures, enzymes, annatto extract (color)), 2% salt, paprika, yeast, paprika extract (color), soy lecithin.
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.
- E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
- 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.
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.
- Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
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.
- Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" are at least group 3.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Among 16 small Crackers
From least to most processed, this one ranks 14th. 63% of the small Crackers here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0024100122035, last edited 5 August 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.