Is Lajkonik Salted Sticks ultra-processed?

70g Pretzel Sold in the United Kingdom, France and Poland

Pack of Lajkonik Salted Sticks

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:

  • 9 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed appetizers

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

Wheat Flour, Salt (processing marker), Rapeseed Oil 2.5%, Yeast, Acidity Regulator (Sodium Hydroxide), Barley Malt Extract, Raising Agent (Ammonium Hydrogen Carbonate)

Additives: E503 Ammonium carbonates , E503ii Ammonium hydrogen carbonate , E524 Sodium hydroxide

As written on the pack

Wheat Flour, Salt, Rapeseed Oil (2,5 %), Yeast, Acidity Regulator: Sodium Hydroxide, Barley Malt Extract, Raising Agent: Ammonium Hydrogen Carbonate

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.

Category rules

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

  • Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 64 pretzel

From least to most processed, this one ranks 23rd. 63% of the pretzel 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 64 pretzel, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5900320002775, last edited 17 March 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.