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Is Cheez-It Snack Mix Original ultra-processed?

297 g Crackers (Appetizers) Sold in the United States

Pack of Cheez-It Snack Mix Original

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:

  • 142 ingredients
  • 11 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed crackers (Appetizers)

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

Cheese crackers (flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, vitamin B1 (thiamin mononitrate), vitamins, vitamin B2, riboflavin, folic acid, vegetable oil, high oleic soybean, soybean, palm, and canola with TBHQ for freshness), cheese made with skim milk (skim milk, whey protein, salt, cheese cultures, enzymes, annatto extract color), salt, paprika, yeast, paprika color, soy lecithin), pretzels (flour, wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, vitamin B₁ (thiamin mononitrate), vitamins, vitamin B2, riboflavin, folic acid, salt, canola, sunflower oil, corn syrup, baking soda, barley malt extract, yeast), bread (flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, vitamin B1 (thiamin mononitrate), vitamins, vitamin B2, riboflavin, folic acid, canola, soybean oil, salt, yeast, sugar, malt, wheat gluten, worcestershire sauce, molasses, vinegar, corn syrup, caramel color, garlic, sugar, spices, tamarind, natural flavor, maltodextrin), dextrose, spice, garlic, onion, baking soda, yeast extract, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate), cheese flavored rice balls (rice flour, vegetable oil (canola, rice, safflower, sunflower), maltodextrin, salt, whey, cheddar cheese (milk, salt, enzymes), reduced lactose whey, buttermilk, natural flavor, onion, sugar, disodium phosphate, garlic, yeast extract, citric acid, blue cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), lactic acid), Contains 2% and less of soybean oil with TBHQ for freshness, worcestershire seasoning (monosodium glutamate, salt, corn syrup solids, sugar, maltodextrin, torula yeast, garlic, worcestershire sauce (molasses, vinegar, corn syrup, salt, caramel color, garlic, sugar, spices, tamarind, natural flavor), onion, molasses, modified food starch, vinegar, wheat starch, caramel color, spice, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, soy flour)

Additives: E150c Ammonia caramel , E270 Lactic acid , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid , E339ii Disodium phosphate , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate , E621 Monosodium glutamate , E627 Disodium guanylate , E631 Disodium inosinate

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E150c Ammonia caramel.

As written on the pack

Cheese crackers (enriched flour [wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, vitamin B1 (thiamin mononitrate), vitamin B2 (riboflavin), folic acid], vegetable oil [high oleic soybean, soybean, palm, and/or canola with TBHQ for freshness], cheese made with skim milk [skim milk, whey protein, salt, cheese cultures, enzymes, annatto extract color], salt, paprika, yeast, paprika extract color, soy lecithin), pretzels (enriched flour [wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, vitamin B₁ (thiamin mononitrate), vitamin B2 (riboflavin), folic acid], salt, canola and/or sunflower oil, corn syrup, baking soda, barley malt extract, yeast), bread slices (enriched flour [wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, vitamin B1 (thiamin mononitrate), vitamin B2 (riboflavin), folic acid], canola and/or soybean oil, salt, yeast, sugar, malt, wheat gluten, worcestershire sauce powder [molasses, vinegar, corn syrup, caramel color, garlic, sugar, spices, tamarind, natural flavor, maltodextrin], dextrose, spice, garlic powder, onion powder, baking soda, yeast extract, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate), cheese flavored rice balls (rice flour, vegetable oil [canola, rice, safflower and/or sunflower], maltodextrin, salt, whey, cheddar cheese [cultured pasteurized milk, salt, enzymes], reduced lactose whey, buttermilk, natural flavor, onion powder, sugar, disodium phosphate, garlic powder, yeast extract, citric acid, blue cheese [milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], lactic acid). Contains 2% or less of soybean oil with TBHQ for freshness, worcestershire seasoning (monosodium glutamate, salt, corn syrup solids, sugar, maltodextrin, torula yeast, garlic powder, worcestershire sauce [molasses, vinegar, corn syrup, salt, caramel color, garlic, sugar, spices, tamarind, natural flavor], onion powder, molasses, modified food starch, vinegar, wheat starch, caramel color, spice, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, soy flour).

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.

  • E150c Ammonia caramel Ammonia caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars with ammonia compounds.
  • 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.
  • E621 Monosodium glutamate Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is the sodium salt of glutamic acid, made by fermentation and used to strengthen savoury taste.
  • E627 Disodium guanylate Disodium guanylate is a flavour enhancer usually used together with MSG.
  • E631 Disodium inosinate Disodium inosinate is a flavour enhancer usually used together with MSG.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

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.
  • Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
8 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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Bread An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 715 crackers (Appetizers)

From least to most processed, this one ranks 713th. 61% of the crackers (Appetizers) 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 715 crackers (Appetizers), least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0024100514458, last edited 22 May 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.