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Is Eridanous Käseschnecke ultra-processed?

1kg Viennoiseries Sold in Ireland, France and Germany

Pack of Eridanous Käseschnecke

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 20 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed sweet snacks

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

pastry 60% (wheat flour, water, palm oil, vegetable oils (cottonseed vegetable oils, sunflower vegetable oils), maize starch, salt, sugar), cheese filling 40% (mizithra cheese 48%, water, durum wheat semolina, feta cheese 5%, šalt, egg white powder), including cereals containing gluten, additional information (produced in greece using greek milk)

As written on the pack

60% pastry (wheat flour, water, palm oil, vegetable oils [cottonseed, sunflower], maize starch, salt, sugar), 40% cheese filling (48% mizithra cheese (milk), water, durum wheat semolina, 5% feta cheese (milk), šalt, egg white powder), allergy advice: for allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold, may also contain sesame, additional information: produced in greece using greek milk,

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

Culinary ingredients

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.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 145 viennoiseries

From least to most processed, this one ranks 2nd. 90% of the viennoiseries 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 145 viennoiseries, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 20095277, last edited 7 July 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.