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Is Jacobs Tuc crackers original ultra-processed?

100g Plain salty snacks Sold in the United States, Ireland and France

Pack of Jacobs Tuc crackers original

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:

  • 11 ingredients
  • 3 additives

Less processed plain salty 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

wheat flour, palm oil, barley malt extract, glucose syrup, palm fat, ammonium carbonates, sodium carbonates, liquid egg, salt, flavouring, sodium sulphite

Additives: E221 Sodium sulphite , E500 Sodium carbonates , E503 Ammonium carbonates

As written on the pack

wheat flour, palm oil, barley malt extract, glucose syrup, palm fat, raising agents (ammonium carbonates, sodium carbonates), liquid egg, salt, flavouring, antioxidant (sodium sulphite), may contain soya, milk and sesame,

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.
2 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 20 plain salty snacks

From least to most processed, this one ranks 18th. 45% of the plain salty snacks 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 20 plain salty snacks, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5391517593136, last edited 16 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.