Is Cinnamon bun balls ultra-processed?

40 g Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
Vegetable fiber

19 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score D

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

CO Cinnamon flavoured date 40ge Op and cashew balls with soya crispies, pecan nuts 45%, ground almonds Ingredients Date Paste 45%, Cashew Nut Paste 18% (Cashew Nut Paste, Rapeseed Oil), Chicory Fibre (ultra-processing marker) (Inulin), Soya Flour, Soya Protein Crispies 5% (Soya Protein Isolate, Tapioca Starch (processing marker), Salt (processing marker)), Ground Almond 5%, Cashew Nuts 4%, Pecan Nuts 4%, Oats, Cinnamon 2%, Flavouring (ultra-processing marker)

As written on the pack

CO Cinnamon flavoured date 40ge Op and cashew balls with soya crispies, pecan nuts and ground almonds Ingredients Date Paste (45%), Cashew Nut Paste (18%) (Cashew Nut Paste, Rapeseed Oil), Chicory Fibre (Inulin), Soya Flour, Soya Protein Crispies (5%) (Soya Protein Isolate, Tapioca Starch, Salt), Ground Almond (5%). Cashew Nuts (4%), Pecan Nuts (4%), Gluten Free Oats, Ground Cinnamon (2%), Flavouring.

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.

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.

Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.

2 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.
Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000129315288, last edited 27 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 D (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.