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Is Kirkland Signature Sous Vide Egg Bites ultra-processed?

21 oz Breakfast biscuit Sold in the United States

Pack of Kirkland Signature Sous Vide Egg Bites

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:

  • 50 ingredients
  • 8 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed breakfast biscuit

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

Egg Whites, Cottage Cheese, nonfat milk, milk, nonfat milk, contains less than 2% of (whey), salt, maltodextrin, carrageenan, mono- and diglycerides, locust bean gum, guar gum, natural flavors, vitamin A palmitate, carbon dioxide, Monterey Jack Cheese (milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, potato starch, natamycin), Rice Starch, Bell Peppers, Onions Blend (bell pepper, onion), Tomato, Unsalted Butter (cream, natural flavors), Spinach, Canola Oil, Parmesan Cheese (cow's milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes (microbial)), and powdered cellulose (anti-caking agent), Salt, Corn Starch, Guar Gum, Hot Sauce (distilled vinegar, red pepper, salt), Nutmeg

Additives: E235 Natamycin , E290 Carbon dioxide , E407 Carrageenan , E410 Locust bean gum , E412 Guar gum , E460 Cellulose , E460ii Powdered cellulose , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

Egg Whites, Cottage Cheese (cultured nonfat milk, milk, nonfat milk, contains less than 2% of: whey, salt, maltodextrin, carrageenan, mono and diglycerides, locust bean gum, guar gum, natural flavors, vitamin A palmitate, carbon dioxide, Monterey Jack Cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, potato starch, natamycin), Rice Starch, Bell Peppers and Onions Blend (bell pepper, onion), Tomato, Unsalted Butter (pasteurized cream, natural flavors), Spinach, Canola Oil, Parmesan Cheese ((pasteurized cow's milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes (microbial)), and powdered cellulose (anti-caking agent)), Salt, Corn Starch, Guar Gum, Hot Sauce (distilled vinegar, red pepper, salt), Nutmeg.

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.

  • E290 Carbon dioxide Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • E407 Carrageenan Carrageenan is a thickener and gelling agent extracted from red seaweed, used widely in dairy desserts, plant-based drinks and processed meats.
  • E410 Locust bean gum Locust bean gum (carob gum) is a thickener and stabiliser from the seeds of the carob tree.
  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • 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.
  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
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  • 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.

  • 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.
7 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.

  • Anti-caking agent Anti-caking agents are substances which reduce the tendency of individual particles of a foodstuff to adhere to one another.
  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 28 breakfast biscuit

From least to most processed, this one ranks 23rd. 82% of the breakfast biscuit 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 28 breakfast biscuit, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0196633894922, last edited 28 September 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.