Is Clancy's Bold & Zesty Pretzels ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 33 ingredients
- 3 additives
- Nutri-Score E
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin folic acid), vegetable oil (processing marker) (may contain one and more of the following (canola), corn, soybean), salt (processing marker), corn syrup orn starch, whey (ultra-processing marker), maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), garlic powder yeast extract, buttermilk, onion, citric acid, nonfat dry milk (processing marker), cultured milk, parsley, sugar (processing marker), spice, natural flavor (ultra-processing marker), lactic acid, turmeric, paprika, silicon dioxide as an anti-caking agenti, 251, dist, sold exclusive (aldi)
Additives: E251 Sodium nitrate , E270 Lactic acid , E330 Citric acid
As written on the pack
enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin folic acid), vegetable oil (may contain one or more of the following: canola, corn, soybean), salt, corn syrup orn starch, whey, maltodextrin, garlic powder yeast extract, dry buttermilk, onion powder, citric acid, nonfat dry milk, cultured whole milk, parsley, sugar, spice, natural flavor, lactic acid, extractives of turmeric, extractives of paprika, silicon dioxide as an anti-caking agenti, sodium bicarbon contains wheat, milk, 251, dist,,sold exclusive: aldi
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.
- Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
- 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.
6 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.
- E251 Sodium nitrate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
- Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" are at least group 3.
- 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.
- Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.
Among 64 pretzel
From least to most processed, this one ranks 52nd. 63% of the pretzel here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4099100168013, last edited 21 March 2025), 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.