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Is Jacob's Crispbreads Chive ultra-processed?

5 x 38 g Crispbreads Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Jacob's Crispbreads Chive

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:

  • 20 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed crispbreads

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, calcium, iron, niacin, thiamin), vegetable oil (palm vegetable oil), barley, barley malt extract, rye, glucose syrup, ammonium bicarbonate, sodium bicarbonate, chive 1.5%, salt, natural flavourings, wheat starch, including cereals containing gluten, 190ae

Additives: E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate , E503 Ammonium carbonates , E503ii Ammonium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

flour (wheat flour, calcium, iron, niacin, thiamin), vegetable oil (palm), barley and barley malt extract, kibbled rye, glucose syrup, raising agents (ammonium bicarbonate, sodium bicarbonate), chive flakes (1.5%), salt, natural flavourings, wheat starch. for allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold. may also contain sesame seeds, milk, egg. 190ae

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.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 86 crispbreads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 81st. 33% of the crispbreads 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 86 crispbreads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000168178097, last edited 3 March 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.