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Is Kodiak Cakes Graham Bear Bites Honey ultra-processed?

9 oz Sold in the United States

Pack of Kodiak Cakes Graham Bear Bites Honey

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
  • 8 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

whole wheat flour 100%, whole grain graham flour 100%, cane sugar, sunflower, canola, soybean oil, milk protein concentrate, brown sugar, honey (honey, wheat starch), egg whites, leavening (baking powder (sodium acid pyrophosphate, baking soda, corn starch, and monocalcium phosphate), baking soda), natural flavor, sunflower, soybean, canola lecithin, salt

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E341 Calcium phosphates , E341i Monocalcium phosphate , E450 Diphosphates , E450i Disodium diphosphate , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E322 Lecithins.

As written on the pack

100% whole wheat flour, 100% whole grain graham flour, cane sugar, sunflower and/or canola and/or soybean oil, milk protein concentrate, brown sugar, dry honey (honey, wheat starch), egg whites, leavening (baking powder [sodium acid pyrophosphate, baking soda, corn starch, and monocalcium phosphate], baking soda), natural flavor, sunflower and/or soybean and/or canola lecithin, salt,

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.
  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
  • 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.

  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
5 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.

  • Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
  • 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.

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About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0705599014291, last edited 9 February 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.