Is Clancy's Pretzels Rods ultra-processed?

26 oz Pretzel Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Glucose
Gluten

15 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score E

Less processed pretzel

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

enriched wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, corn syrup (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker), vital wheat gluten (ultra-processing marker), vegetable oil (processing marker), canola, corn, soybean, sodium bicarbonate, yeast

As written on the pack

enriched wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, corn syrup, salt, vital wheat gluten, vegetable oil, canola, corn, soybean, sodium bicarbonate, yeast

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.

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.

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 64 pretzel

From least to most processed, this one ranks 34th. 63% of the pretzel 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 64 pretzel, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4099100032710, last edited 3 October 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.