Is Lance Captain's Wafers sandwich crackers ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 38 ingredients
- 14 additives
- Nutri-Score E
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), vegetable oils (processing marker) (soybean, palm, canola), sugar (processing marker), whey (ultra-processing marker), corn syrup, buttermilk, cream cheese (processing marker) (cream, cheese cultures, salt (processing marker), carob bean gum (ultra-processing marker), guar gum (ultra-processing marker)), chives, parsley, salt (processing marker), leavening (monocalcium phosphate, baking soda, ammonium bicarbonate), onion, soy lecithin (ultra-processing marker), sodium caseinate, nonfat milk, natural flavor (ultra-processing marker), citric acid, lactic acid, potassium phosphate, sodium phosphate, peanut oil (processing marker)
Additives: E270 Lactic acid , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid , E339 Sodium phosphates , E340 Potassium phosphates , E341 Calcium phosphates , E341i Monocalcium phosphate , E410 Locust bean gum , E412 Guar gum , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate , E503 Ammonium carbonates , E503ii Ammonium hydrogen carbonate
As written on the pack
Enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), vegetable oils (soybean, palm and/or canola), sugar, whey, corn syrup, buttermilk, cream cheese (pasteurized cream, cheese cultures, salt, carob bean gum, guar gum), chives, parsley, salt, leavening (monocalcium phosphate, baking soda, ammonium bicarbonate), onion powder, soy lecithin, sodium caseinate, nonfat milk, natural flavor, citric acid, lactic acid, potassium phosphate, sodium phosphate, peanut oil.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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.
- Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" are at least group 3.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
- Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
Among 2,498 appetizers
From least to most processed, this one ranks 2151st. 64% of the appetizers here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0076410906164, last edited 22 May 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.