Is Flax4life Chocolate Brownies ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 10 ingredients
- No additives
- Nutri-Score D
Less processed sweet snacks
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
flax seeds, evaporated cane juice, egg whites, safflower oil (processing marker), cocoa powder, tapioca flour (processing marker), water, natural vanilla extract, sea salt (processing marker), aluminum free baking powder
As written on the pack
Ground flax seeds, evaporated cane juice, frozen egg whites, expeller pressed safflower oil, cocoa powder, tapioca flour, water, natural vanilla extract, sea salt, aluminum free baking powder.
What makes it processed
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.
- 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.
- Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.
Among 29 brownies
From least to most processed, this one ranks 1st. 93% of the brownies here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0065776635504, last edited 8 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.