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Is Dot's Homestyle Pretzels Honey Mustard Flavored Seasoned Pretzel Twists ultra-processed?

16 oz Pretzel Sold in the United States

Pack of Dot's Homestyle Pretzels Honey Mustard Flavored Seasoned Pretzel Twists

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:

  • 40 ingredients
  • 5 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 (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), vegetable oil (canola, corn, soybean), granulated sugar, brown sugar, honey, salt, yeast, sugar, salad mustard powder (salad mustard (distilled vinegar, mustard seed, turmeric), maltodextrin, modified corn starch, natural flavor), mustard, garlic, spices, onion, mustard (dijon mustard (white wine, citric acid, tartaric acid)), vinegar, malic acid, sunflower oil, gum arabic, paprika extract, mustard oil

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E296 Malic acid , E330 Citric acid , E334 L(+)-tartaric acid , E414 Acacia gum

As written on the pack

enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), vegetable oil (canola, corn, soybean), granulated sugar, brown sugar, honey, salt, yeast, sugar, salad mustard powder (salad mustard [distilled vinegar, mustard seed, turmeric], maltodextrin, modified corn starch, natural flavor), mustard, garlic powder, spices, onion powder, dijon mustard powder (dijon mustard (white wine, citric acid, tartaric acid)), vinegar, malic acid, expeller pressed sunflower oil, gum arabic, paprika extract, mustard oil,

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.

  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • E414 Acacia gum Gum arabic (acacia gum) is the hardened sap of acacia trees, used to stabilise flavour emulsions in soft drinks and to coat sweets.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • 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.

  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
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.

  • Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" are at least group 3.
  • Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 64 pretzel

From least to most processed, this one ranks 59th. 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 0855712008796, last edited 5 June 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.