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Is Lidl Pretzels with sea salt ultra-processed?

Pretzel Sold in the United Kingdom and Switzerland

Pack of Lidl Pretzels with sea salt

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
  • 2 additives

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, Rapeseed Oil, Sea Salt 3.7%, Yeast, Wheat Malt Flour, Raising Agent (Sodium Carbonates), Acidity Regulator (Sodium Hydroxide)

Additives: E500 Sodium carbonates , E524 Sodium hydroxide

As written on the pack

Wheat Flour, Rapeseed Oil, 3.7% Sea Salt, Yeast, Wheat Malt Flour, Raising Agent: Sodium Carbonates; Acidity Regulator: Sodium Hydroxide

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 16th. 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 4335619035843, last edited 27 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.