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Is Marks & Spencer Crispy Cheese Crackers ultra-processed?

150 g Crackers (Appetizers) Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Marks & Spencer Crispy Cheese Crackers

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:

  • 20 ingredients
  • 4 additives

Less processed crackers (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

Wheatflour, Coconut Oil, Gouda Cheese 5% (Cheese, Annatto), Palm Oil, Sugar, Dried Onions, Flavourings, Edam Cheese 2% (Cheese, Annatto), e503, Sodium Bicarbonate, Poppy Seeds, Salt, Cheese, Not suitable for Nut, Peanut, Sesame allergy sufferers due to manufacturing methods

Additives: E160b Annatto , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate , E503 Ammonium carbonates

As written on the pack

Wheatflour (contains Gluten), Coconut Oil, Gouda Cheese (5%) (Cheese (Milk), Colour: Annatto), Palm Oil, Sugar, Dried Onions, Flavourings (contain Milk), Edam Cheese (2%) (Cheese (Milk), Colour: Annatto), Raising Agent: E503, Sodium Bicarbonate, Poppy Seeds, Salt, Dried Processed Cheese (Milk). For allergens see ingredients in bold. Not suitable for Nut, Peanut and Sesame allergy sufferers due to manufacturing methods.

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.

  • E160b Annatto Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 715 crackers (Appetizers)

From least to most processed, this one ranks 482nd. 61% of the crackers (Appetizers) 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 715 crackers (Appetizers), least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00130912, last edited 25 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.