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Is Good Thins sea salt & pepper rice snacks ultra-processed?

Puffed cereal cakes Sold in the United States

Pack of Good Thins sea salt & pepper rice snacks

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:

  • 17 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed puffed cereal cakes

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

brown rice flour, brown rice, potato starch, corn flour, inulin (from chicory root), high oleic safflower oil, maltodextrin, sugar, sea salt, black pepper, high oleic sunflower oil, citric acid, natural flavor, soy, sesame seed, tree nuts

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Whole grain brown rice flour, whole grain brown rice, potato starch, corn flour, inulin (from chicory root), high oleic safflower oil, maltodextrin, sugar, sea salt, black pepper, high oleic sunflower oil, citric acid, natural flavor. soy, sesame seed, tree nuts.

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.

  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
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.

  • 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.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 171 puffed cereal cakes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 119th. 58% of the puffed cereal cakes 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 171 puffed cereal cakes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0044000044725, last edited 23 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.