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Is Cheez It Crunch Cheddar et Ranch Piquant ultra-processed?

Crisps Sold in Canada

Pack of Cheez It Crunch Cheddar et Ranch Piquant

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:

  • 51 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score D

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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

farine de blé, farine de riz, huile végétale (huile végétale, tbhq, acide citrique), fromage cheddar, assaisonnement (substances laitières modifiées, sel, poudre d'oignon, dextrose, diacétate de sodium, fromage cheddar, épices (contiennent de la moutarde), poudre de tomațe, acide lactique, ăcide citrique, arôme naturel, inosinate disodique, guanylate disodique, extrait d'épice), poudre de blé fermenté (blé, levure, culture bactérienne), lécithine de soya, épices, extrait de lévure (extrait de levure, sel), bicarbonate de sodium, sel, glutamate monosodique, sucre, agents de levage (pyrophosphate acide de sodium, amidon de maïs, phosphate monocalcique, sulfate de calcium), poudre d'acide lactique (amidon de maïs modifié, acide lactique), àcide citrique, poudre d'oignon, sulfites, poudre d'ail, contient des ingrédients du blé, du lait, dl coya et des suleites

Additives: E319 Tertiary-butylhydroquinone (tbhq)

As written on the pack

farine de blé, farine de riz, huile végétale (huile végétale, tbhq, acide citrique), fromage cheddar, assaisonnement (substances laitières modifiées, sel, poudre d'oignon, dextrose, diacétate de sodium, fromage cheddar, épices [contiennent de la moutarde], poudre de tomațe, acide lactique, ăcide citrique, arôme naturel, inosinate disodique, guanylate disodique, extrait d'épice), poudre de blé fermenté (blé, levure, culture bactérienne), lécithine de soya, épices, extrait de lévure (extrait de levure, sel), bicarbonate de sodium, sel, glutamate monosodique, sucre, agents de levage (pyrophosphate acide de sodium, amidon de maïs, phosphate monocalcique, sulfate de calcium), poudre d'acide lactique (amidon de maïs modifié, acide lactique), àcide citrique, poudre d'oignon, sulfites, poudre d'ail. contient des ingrédients du blé, du lait, dl coya et des suleites

What makes it ultra-processed

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.
1 ingredient 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,471 crisps

From least to most processed, this one ranks 798th. 64% of the crisps 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 1,471 crisps, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0064100131606, last edited 18 April 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.