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Is Kinnikinnick Foods Vanilla wafers ultra-processed?

180 g Stuffed wafers Sold in the United States

Pack of Kinnikinnick Foods Vanilla wafers

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:

  • 24 ingredients
  • 11 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed stuffed wafers

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

cane sugar, water, potato starch, white rice flour, shortening (palm oil, modified palm oil), pea starch, tapioca starch, egg whites, cellulose, tapioca syrup, vanilla extract, salt, cellulose, leavening (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, pea starch, monocalcium phosphate), sunflower lecithin, beta-carotene (color), natural flavor

Additives: E160a Carotene , E160ai Beta-carotene , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E341 Calcium phosphates , E341i Monocalcium phosphate , E450 Diphosphates , E450i Disodium diphosphate , E460 Cellulose , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

cane sugar, water, potato starch, white rice flour, non-hydrogenated shortening (palm oil, modified palm oil), pea starch, tapioca starch, egg whites, cellulose, tapioca syrup, vanilla extract, salt, modified cellulose, leavening (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, pea starch, monocalcium phosphate), sunflower lecithin, beta-carotene (color), natural flavor,

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.

  • E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
  • 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.
  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
  • E460 Cellulose A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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 39 stuffed wafers

From least to most processed, this one ranks 35th. 90% of the stuffed wafers 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 39 stuffed wafers, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0620133003251, last edited 27 September 2025), 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.