Is Goldfish Old bay seasoned crackers ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 37 ingredients
- 8 additives
- Nutri-Score D
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Enriched wheat flour (flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), vegetable oils (processing marker) (canola, sunflower, soybean), Old Bay seasoning (salt (processing marker), spices, celery, corn maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), paprika, modified corn starch (ultra-processing marker), sodium diacetate, yeast extract, garlic powder, monosodium glutamate (ultra-processing marker), citric acid, vinegar, paprika, disodium inosinate, guanylate, natural flavor (ultra-processing marker)), salt (processing marker), nonfat milk, yeast, sugar (processing marker), baking soda, monocalcium phosphate, paprika, spices, onion powder
Additives: E262 Sodium acetates , E262ii Sodium diacetate , E330 Citric acid , E341 Calcium phosphates , E341i Monocalcium phosphate , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate , E621 Monosodium glutamate
As written on the pack
Enriched wheat flour (flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), vegetable oils (canola, sunflower and/or soybean), Old Bay seasoning (salt, spices, celery, corn maltodextrin, paprika, modified corn starch, sodium diacetate, yeast extract, garlic powder, monosodium glutamate, citric acid, vinegar solids, extractives of paprika, disodium inosinate and guanylate, natural flavor), salt, nonfat milk, yeast, sugar, baking soda, monocalcium phosphate, paprika, spices, onion powder. Contains wheat, milk.
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.
- E621 Monosodium glutamate Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is the sodium salt of glutamic acid, made by fermentation and used to strengthen savoury taste.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
- Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.
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.
- Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
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.
- 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.
Among 16 small Crackers
From least to most processed, this one ranks 15th. 63% of the small Crackers here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0014100055204, 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.