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Is Nairn's Crispy Oat Snacks Sea Salt and Balsamic Vinegar ultra-processed?

23 g Appetizers Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Nairn's Crispy Oat Snacks Sea Salt and Balsamic Vinegar

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:

  • 26 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Oats 78%, Sunflower Oil, Balsamic Vinegar Flavour Seasoning 10% (Balsamic Vinegar (Maltodextrin, Balsamic Vinegar), Sugar, Sea Salt, Rice Flour, Spirit Vinegar (Maltodextrin, Spirit Vinegar), Yeast Extract Powder, Natural Flavourings, Acid (Citric Acid), Onion, Herb (Oregano)), Maize Starch, Dietary Fibre (Inulin), Apple Juice, Raising Agent (Ammonium Bicarbonate), Sea Salt

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E503 Ammonium carbonates , E503ii Ammonium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

Gluten Free Wholegrain Oats (78%), Sunflower Oil, Balsamic Vinegar Flavour Seasoning (10%) [Balsamic Vinegar Powder (Maltodextrin, Balsamic Vinegar), Sugar, Sea Salt, Rice Flour, Spirit Vinegar Powder (Maltodextrin, Spirit Vinegar), Yeast Extract Powder, Natural Flavourings, Acid: Citric Acid, Onion Powder, Herb (Oregano)], Maize Starch, Dietary Fibre (Inulin), Apple Juice Concentrate, Raising Agent: Ammonium Bicarbonate, Sea Salt.

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.

  • 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.
  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,497 appetizers

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1739th. 64% of the 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 2,497 appetizers, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0612322000448, 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.