Is Fantastic Rice Crackers Original Flavour ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 9 ingredients
- 3 additives
- Nutri-Score D
Less processed rice crackers
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Original Plain Rice Crackers
Sakata
3 ingredients · no additives
NOVA group
3
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ORIGINAL BROWN RICE crackers
Ceres Organics
4 ingredients · no additives
NOVA group
3
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Brown rice crackers, black sesame & tamari
Clearspring
6 ingredients · no additives
NOVA group
3
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Brown rice crackers, whole sesame & tamari
Clearspring
6 ingredients · no additives
NOVA group
3
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Rice Flour 91%, Sugar (processing marker), Vegetable Oil (processing marker) (307b), Salt (processing marker), Soy Sauce (processing marker) (Wheat (ultra-processing marker)), 627, 631
Additives: E307b Concentrated tocopherol , E627 Disodium guanylate , E631 Disodium inosinate
As written on the pack
Rice Flour (91%), Sugar, Vegetable Oil (Antioxidant (307b)), Salt, Gluten Free Soy Sauce Powder (Hydrolysed Wheat), Flavour Enhancers (627, 631)
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.
- E627 Disodium guanylate Disodium guanylate is a flavour enhancer usually used together with MSG.
- E631 Disodium inosinate Disodium inosinate is a flavour enhancer usually used together with MSG.
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.
- Wheat An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
5 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.
- 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.
- Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.
Among 28 rice crackers
From least to most processed, this one ranks 17th. 75% of the rice crackers here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 9310155530101, last edited 5 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 D (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.