Is Drizzilicious Birthday Cake Bites ultra-processed?

113 g Puffed rice cakes 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:

Flavouring

17 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score E

Less processed puffed rice cakes

Brown Rice Cakes Salt-Free Lundberg Family Farms 1 ingredient · no additives NOVA group 1
Thin Brown Rice Cakes Red Rice & Quinoa Lundberg Family Farms 3 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 1
Salt Free Rice Cakes Quaker 1 ingredient · no additives NOVA group 1
Quaker Lightly Salted Rice Cakes Quaker 2 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3

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

White rice flour, Sugars (processing marker) (cane sugar, tapioca syrup), Tapioca starch (processing marker), Yellow corn flour, Corn starch (processing marker), Palm kernel oil, Avocado oil (processing marker), Natural flavour (ultra-processing marker), Flax, Quinoa, Chia, Salt (processing marker), turmeric, spirulina, vegetable juice

As written on the pack

White rice flour, Sugars (cane sugar, organic tapioca syrup solids), Tapioca starch,Yellow corn flour, Corn starch, Palm kernel oil, Avocado oil, Natural flavour, Flax, Whole Quinoa, Chia, Salt, Colour added (turmeric, spirulina, vegetable juice).

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.

4 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.
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 142 puffed rice cakes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 64th. 63% of the puffed rice cakes 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 142 puffed rice cakes, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0857900005402, last edited 18 September 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.