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Is Goya Dulce De Leche Wafers ultra-processed?

32 g Stuffed wafers Sold in the United States

Pack of Goya Dulce De Leche Wafers

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

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

Whole foods combined with:

  • 9 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed sweet snacks

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

sugar, vegetable oil (MAY CONTAIN ONE and MORE OF THE FOLLOWING (HYDROGENATED and INTERESTERIFIED SOYBEAN OIL and PALM OIL WITH TBHQ and CITRIC ACID AS ANTIOXIDANTS and REFINED PALM OIL WITH TBHQ), BHA, BHT, citric acid as antioxidants), wheat flour, corn

Additives: E319 Tertiary-butylhydroquinone (tbhq) , E320 Butylated hydroxyanisole (bha)

As written on the pack

SUGAR, VEGETABLE OIL (MAY CONTAIN ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: HYDROGENATED AND INTERESTERIFIED SOYBEAN OIL AND PALM OIL WITH TBHQ AND CITRIC ACID AS ANTIOXIDANTS OR REFINED PALM OIL WITH TBHQ, BHA, BHT AND CITRIC ACID AS ANTIOXIDANTS), WHEAT FLOUR, CORN

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 39 stuffed wafers

From least to most processed, this one ranks 3rd. 90% of the stuffed wafers 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 39 stuffed wafers, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0041331050159, last edited 1 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.