Is Mix snack mix ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 75 ingredients
- 15 additives
- Nutri-Score D
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
degermed yellow corn meal, whole wheat, flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), vegetable oil (processing marker) (soybean, high oleic soybean, canola, high oleic canola, sunflower, and rice bran), sugar (processing marker), whey powder (ultra-processing marker), corn syrup solids, contains 2% and less of (salt (processing marker)), high fructose com syrup, sour cream (cream, nonfat milk, cultures (processing marker)), natural and artificial flavor (ultra-processing marker), baking soda, yeast, barley malt syrup, butter (processing marker) (cream, salt (processing marker), natural flavor (ultra-processing marker)), annatto (ultra-processing marker), whey (ultra-processing marker), distilled monoglycerides, onion, cheddar cheese (processing marker) (milk, cheese cultures (processing marker), salt (processing marker), enzymes (processing marker)), trisodium phosphate, yellow com flour, calcium carbonate, sodium acid pyrophosphate (ultra-processing marker), yellow 5 (ultra-processing marker), maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), yellow 6 (ultra-processing marker), cheddar cheese powder (processing marker) (milk, salt (processing marker), cheese cultures (processing marker), enzymes (processing marker), disodium phosphate), sour cream (sour cream (cream, cultures (processing marker), lactic acid), cultured nonfat dry milk solids, citric acid), monocalcium phosphate, barley malt syrup, autolyzed yeast extract, yellow 5 lake (ultra-processing marker), disodium phosphate, yellow 6 lake (ultra-processing marker), lactic acid, citric acid, spice, freshness preserved by sodium metabisulfite, bht
Additives: E102 Tartrazine , E110 Sunset yellow FCF , E160b Annatto , E270 Lactic acid , E321 Butylated hydroxytoluene , E330 Citric acid , E339 Sodium phosphates , E339ii Disodium phosphate , E339iii Trisodium phosphate , E341 Calcium phosphates , E341i Monocalcium phosphate , E450 Diphosphates , E450i Disodium diphosphate , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate
As written on the pack
degermed yellow corn meal, whole wheat, enriched flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), vegetable oil (soybean, high oleic soybean, canola, high oleic canola, sunflower, and/or rice bran), sugar, whey powder, corn syrup solids. contains 2% or less of: salt, high fructose com syrup, sour cream (cream, nonfat milk, cultures), natural and artificial flavor, baking soda, yeast, barley malt syrup, butter concentrate (cream, salt, natural flavor), annatto, whey, distilled monoglycerides, onion powder, dried cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), trisodium phosphate, yellow com flour, calcium carbonate, sodium acid pyrophosphate, yellow 5, maltodextrin, yellow 6, cheddar cheese powder (milk, salt, cheese cultures, enzymes, disodium phosphate), sour cream solids (sour cream [cream, cultures, lactic acid], cultured nonfat dry milk solids, citric acid), monocalcium phosphate, barley malt syrup, autolyzed yeast extract, yellow 5 lake, disodium phosphate, yellow 6 lake, lactic acid, citric acid, spice. freshness preserved by sodium metabisulfite and bht. contains wheat and milk
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.
- E102 Tartrazine Tartrazine is a synthetic yellow azo dye (FD&C Yellow No. 5 in the US).
- E110 Sunset yellow FCF Sunset yellow FCF is a synthetic orange azo dye (FD&C Yellow No. 6 in the US).
- 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.
- E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
- 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.
- 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.
7 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.
- Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
- 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.
- Microbial culture Microbial cultures ferment foods such as yoghurt, cheese and sourdough.
- Enzyme Enzymes carry out traditional processes such as cheese making and baking.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0016000158405, last edited 29 January 2025), 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 D (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.