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Is Creative Snacks Co. Pretzels Strawberry & Yogurt ultra-processed?

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Pack of Creative Snacks Co. Pretzels Strawberry & Yogurt

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:

  • 34 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Strawberry, Yogurt Coating (Sugar, Vegetable Oil (Palm Kernel, Palm), Whey Powder, Yogurt (Skim Milk), Soy Lecithin, Salt, Vanilla Extract, Strawberry Color (Sunflower Oil, Maltodextrin, Vegetable Juice, Citric Acid, Annatto, Ascorbic Acid), Natural Flavors, Strawberry Flavors), Pretzels (Enriched Wheat Flour (Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Malt, Salt, Soybean, Canola Oil, Yeast)

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Strawberry and Yogurt Flavored Coating (Sugar, Vegetable Oil [Palm Kernel and/or Palm], Whey Powder [Milk], Nonfat Yogurt [Cultured Skim Milk], Soy Lecithin, Salt, Vanilla Extract, Strawberry Color [Sunflower Oil, Maltodextrin, Vegetable Juice, Citric Acid, Annatto Extract, Ascorbic Acid], Natural Flavors, Strawberry Flavors), Pretzels (Unbleached Enriched Wheat Flour [Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid], Malt, Salt, Soybean and/or Canola Oil, Yeast) Allergen Information: Contains milk, soy, and wheat. May contain peanuts, tree nuts, eggs, and sesame seeds

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.

  • 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.
  • 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.
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.

  • 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.

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About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0816512012512, last edited 19 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.