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Is Macro Dark chocolate mini multigrain rice cakes ultra-processed?

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Pack of Macro Dark chocolate mini multigrain rice cakes

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:

  • 21 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed breads

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

chicken ribs 83%, rice flour, canola oil, salt, soya protein, mineral (salt (sodium triphosphate)), soy sauce (salt, soya bean, maltodextrin), vegetables (onion, garlic), spices, natural flavouring, citric acid, sodium metabisulphite, plain caramel, spice extract

Additives: E150a Plain caramel , E223 Sodium metabisulphite , E330 Citric acid , E451 Triphosphates , E451i Pentasodium triphosphate

As written on the pack

chicken ribs (83%), rice flour, canola oil, salt, soya protein, mineral salt (sodium triphosphate), soy sauce powder (salt, soya bean, maltodextrin), dehydrated vegetables (onion, garlic), spices, natural flavouring, antioxidant (citric acid), preservative (sodium metabisulphite), natural colour (plain caramel), spice extract.

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.

  • E150a Plain caramel Plain caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars.
  • E451 Triphosphates Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • 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.

  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
3 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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,388 breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1892nd. 71% of the breads 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 2,388 breads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 13396879, last edited 2 September 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.