Is Drizzilicious Peppermint Bites ultra-processed?

227 g Puffed wholegrain 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:

Colour
Flavouring

17 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score E

Less processed puffed wholegrain 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
Brown Rice Cakes Lightly Salted Lundberg Family Farms 2 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
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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, cane sugar (processing marker), yellow corn flour, tapioca starch (processing marker), corn starch (processing marker), palm kernel oil, avocado oil (processing marker), quinoa, chia, flax, salt (processing marker), natural flavor (ultra-processing marker), tapioca syrup, vegetable juice (color (ultra-processing marker)), confectioner glaze, natural peppermint oil

As written on the pack

WHITE RICE FLOUR, CANE SUGAR, YELLOW CORN FLOUR, TAPIOCA STARCH, CORN STARCH, PALM KERNEL OIL, AVOCADO OIL, WHOLE QUINOA, CHIA, FLAX, SALT, NATURAL FLAVOR, TAPIOCA SYRUP, VEGETABLE JUICE (COLOR), CONFECTIONER GLAZE, NATURAL PEPPERMINT 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.

Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
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 14 puffed wholegrain rice cakes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 13th. 21% of the puffed wholegrain 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 14 puffed wholegrain rice cakes, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0850061874610, last edited 29 November 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.