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Is Golden Gluten Free Oreo ultra-processed?

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Pack of Golden Gluten Free Oreo

Yes, it's ultra-processed

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

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 14 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

sugar, white rice flour, tapioca starch, palm oil, soybean, canola oil, whole dat flour, corn starch, invert sugar, salt, xanthan gum, baking soda, soy lecithin, NATURAL and ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E415 Xanthan gum , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

SUGAR, WHITE RICE FLOUR, TAPIOCA STARCH, PALM OIL, SOYBEAN AND/OR CANOLA OIL, WHOLE DAT FLOUR, CORN STARCH, INVERT SUGAR, SALT, XANTHAN GUM, BAKING SODA, SOY LECITHIN, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR

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.

  • E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • 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.

  • Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
3 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.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0044000077082, last edited 6 May 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.