Is Flourish Protein Pancake & Waffle Mix ultra-processed?

1 kg Pancake mixes Sold in Canada

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
Milk proteins

42 ingredients
2 additives

Less processed pancake mixes

Pancake mix Don cube 1 ingredient · no additives NOVA group 1
Almond Flour Pancake & Waffle Mix Original Simple Mills 7 ingredients · 4 additives NOVA group 3
Organic Classic Pancake & Waffle Mix Birch Benders 9 ingredients · 4 additives NOVA group 3
Protein Almond Flour Pancake Mix Original Simple Mills 8 ingredients · 4 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

Whole oat flour, whey protein isolate (ultra-processing marker), whole egg powder, buttermilk powder, natural flavour (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker), baking soda, fruit (apple, lemon, strawberry, orange, cherry, cranberry, raspberry, blueberry, pomegranate, elderberry, black currant, blackberry, grape, pear, peach, apricot, plum, pineapple, mango, passion fruit, kiwi, banana, watermelon, cantaloupe, lime, grapefruit, tangerine, coconut, papaya, guava, date, fig), flax meal, milk protein concentrate (ultra-processing marker)

Additives: E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

Whole oat flour, whey protein isolate, whole egg powder, buttermilk powder, natural flavour, salt, baking soda, fruit powder (apple, lemon, strawberry, orange, cherry, cranberry, raspberry, blueberry, pomegranate, elderberry, black currant, blackberry, grape, pear, peach, apricot, plum, pineapple, mango, passion fruit, kiwi, banana, watermelon, cantaloupe, lime, grapefruit, tangerine, coconut, papaya, guava, date, fig), flax meal, milk protein concentrate

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.

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.

Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.

1 ingredient 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 43 pancake mixes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 17th. 79% of the pancake mixes 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 43 pancake mixes, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0627987018615, last edited 9 June 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.
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.