Is Jacobs Selection ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 39 ingredients
- 8 additives
- Nutri-Score E
Less processed crackers (Appetizers)
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Vegetable Oil (processing marker) (Palm Vegetable Oil), Sugar (processing marker), Wheatgerm, Salt (processing marker), Cheese (processing marker), Barley, Barley Malt Extract, Wheat Starch (processing marker), Glucose Syrup (ultra-processing marker), Ammonium Bicarbonate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Disodium Diphosphate (ultra-processing marker), Sesame Seeds, Whey (ultra-processing marker), Dried Autolysed Yeast, Natural Flavouring (ultra-processing marker) (Yeast, Potassium Chloride, Cheese (processing marker), Maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), Natural Flavourings, Whey (ultra-processing marker), Vegetable Oils (processing marker) (Coconut Vegetable Oils, Rapeseed Vegetable Oils)), Black Pepper, Natural Flavourings (ultra-processing marker), Lactic Acid, Malted Barley Flour, e472e (ultra-processing marker), Yeast, Poppy Seeds
Additives: E270 Lactic acid , E450 Diphosphates , E450i Disodium diphosphate , E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , 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), Sugar, Wheatgerm, Salt, Dried Powdered Cheese (Milk), Barley, Barley Malt Extract, Wheat Starch, Glucose Syrup, Raising Agents (Ammonium Bicarbonate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Disodium Diphosphate), Sesame Seeds, Dried Whey (Milk), Dried Autolysed Yeast, Natural Flavouring [Dried Yeast Extract, Potassium Chloride, Dried Cheese (Milk), Maltodextrin, Natural Flavourings, Dried Whey (Milk), Vegetable Oils (Coconut, Rapeseed)], Black Pepper, Natural Flavourings, Acid (Lactic Acid), Malted Barley Flour, Emulsifier (E472e), Yeast, Poppy Seeds.
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.
- E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
- E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
- 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.
- Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
- Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
6 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.
- Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
Among 715 crackers (Appetizers)
From least to most processed, this one ranks 685th. 61% of the crackers (Appetizers) here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000168203393, last edited 18 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 E (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.