Is Kelkin Yogurt Flavoured Snack Packs Mini Rice Cakes ultra-processed?

6 x 14 g Puffed rice cakes Sold in Ireland

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Emulsifier
E322 Lecithins

8 ingredients
2 additives

Less processed puffed rice cakes

Unsalted Rice Cakes with Sesame Seeds Lidl 2 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 1
Lightly Salted Rice Cakes Tesco 2 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
Multigrain Rice Cakes Harvest Morn 6 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
Bunalun Organic Snacks Dark Chocolate Rice Cakes Bunalun Organic 10 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3

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

Compound Coating with Yogurt Flavour 60% (Sugar (processing marker), Cocoa Butter, Skimmed Milk Yogurt Powder 9%, Full Cream Milk Powder (processing marker), Emulsifier (ultra-processing marker) (Soya Lecithin (ultra-processing marker))), Rice 40%

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin

As written on the pack

Compound Coating with Yogurt Flavour (60%) [Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Skimmed Milk Yogurt Powder (9%), Full Cream Milk Powder, Emulsifier: Soya Lecithin], Wholegrain Rice (40%). Allergen Advice:

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.

E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.

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.

Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 142 puffed rice cakes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 89th. 63% of the puffed rice cakes 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 142 puffed rice cakes, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5397136002745, last edited 16 April 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
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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.