Is Nairn‘s wholegrain crackers ultra-processed?

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It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Starch

10 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score D

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Oats, Maize Flour, Rice Flour, Sustainable Palm Fruit Oil, Tapioca Starch (processing marker), Maize Starch (processing marker), Raising Agent (Ammonium Carbonates), Brown Rice Syrup, Sea Salt (processing marker)

Additives: E503 Ammonium carbonates

As written on the pack

Gluten Free Wholegrain Oats, Maize Flour, Rice Flour, Sustainable Palm Fruit Oil, Tapioca Starch, Maize Starch, Raising Agent: Ammonium Carbonates, Brown Rice Syrup, Sea Salt

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.
Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0612322001742, 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.
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.