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Is Kroger Vanilla Wafer Cookies ultra-processed?

11 oz Stuffed wafers Sold in the United States

Pack of Kroger Vanilla Wafer Cookies

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 17 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed sweet 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

flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, rboflavin, folic acid), sugar, water vegetable shortening, interesterified soybean oil, soybean ol hydrogenated cottonseed oil, NONFAT MILK NATURAL and ARTFICIAL FLAVOR, salt, baking soda, distributed by the kroger co, cincinnati, ohio 45202

Additives: E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SUGAR, WATER VEGETABLE SHORTENING (INTERESTERIFIED SOYBEAN OIL, SOYBEAN OL HYDROGENATED COTTONSEED OIL, NONFAT MILK NATURAL AND ARTFICIAL FLAVOR,SALT, BAKING SODA, CARAMEL COLOR CONTAINS: WHEAT, MILK DISTRIBUTED BY THE KROGER CO, CINCINNATI, OHIO 45202

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • 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 4th. 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 0011110007049, last edited 19 April 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.