Is Mini Cheddars Obs Min Cheddars 6 Red Leicester Flavour Baked Wit ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 33 ingredients
- 7 additives
Less processed crackers (Appetizers)
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Vegetable Oil (processing marker) (Palm Vegetable Oil), Dried Fowdered Cheese 6% (M), Cheddar (processing marker), Red Leicester Cheese Flavouring (Milic, Salt (processing marker), Wheat Flour, Natural Flavourings (ultra-processing marker), Buttermilk, Maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), Sugar (processing marker), Acid (Citric Acid), Emulsifier (ultra-processing marker) (Gum Arabic (ultra-processing marker))), Glucose Syrup (ultra-processing marker), Sugar (processing marker), Whey (ultra-processing marker), Barley Malt Extract, Raising Agents (Ammonium Bicarbonate, Sodium Bicarbonate), Saft Acid (Lactic Acid), Natural Flavourings (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E270 Lactic acid , E330 Citric acid , E414 Acacia gum , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate , E503 Ammonium carbonates , E503ii Ammonium hydrogen carbonate
As written on the pack
Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Vegetable Oil (Palm), Dried Fowdered Cheese (6%) (M), Cheddar and Red Leicester Cheese Flavouring (Milic) [Salt, Wheat Flour, Natural Flavourings, Dried Buttermilk, Maltodextrin, Sugar, Acid (Citric Acid), Emulsifier (Gum Arabic)], Glucose Syrup, Sugar, Dried Whey (Milk), Barley Malt Extract, Raising Agents (Ammonium Bicarbonate, Sodium Bicarbonate), Saft Acid (Lactic Acid), Natural Flavourings.
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.
- E414 Acacia gum Gum arabic (acacia gum) is the hardened sap of acacia trees, used to stabilise flavour emulsions in soft drinks and to coat sweets.
- Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
- 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.
- Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
- Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
- Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
- 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 715 crackers (Appetizers)
From least to most processed, this one ranks 683rd. 61% of the crackers (Appetizers) here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000168035345, 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.