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Is Hungry Jack Complete Extra Light & Fluffy Pancake & Waffle Mix ultra-processed?

907g Pancake mixes Sold in the United States

Pack of Hungry Jack Complete Extra Light & Fluffy Pancake & Waffle Mix

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:

  • 39 ingredients
  • 7 additives

Less processed pancake mixes

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

flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), yellow corn flour, sugar, dextrose, leavening (baking soda, calcium phosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate), contains 2% and less of (salt), canola oil, potassium bicarbonate, calcium carbonate, corn starch, mono- and diglycerides, sodium caseinate, iron, niacin, vitamins, vitamin b6, riboflavin, thiamin mononitrate, folic acid, vitamin b12, ingredients, iingredients, contains a bioengineered food ingredient o, ® hometown food company, 500w, madison, chicago, il 60661 usa 90583001

Additives: E341 Calcium phosphates , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate , E501 Potassium carbonates , E501ii Potassium hydrogen carbonate , E541 Sodium aluminium phosphate

As written on the pack

enriched bleached flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), yellow corn flour, sugar, dextrose, leavening (baking soda, calcium phosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate), contains 2% or less of: salt, canola oil, potassium bicarbonate, calcium carbonate, corn starch, mono and diglycerides, sodium caseinate, iron, niacin, vitamin b6, riboflavin, thiamin mononitrate, folic acid, vitamin b12. contains milk and wheat ingredients. may contain egg and soybean iingredients. contains a bioengineered food ingredient o/® hometown food company, 500w. madison, chicago, il 60661 usa 90583001

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.

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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
4 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.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 43 pancake mixes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 37th. 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 0013300280676, last edited 14 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.