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Is Nairn's Marmite & Cheese Oatcaķes ultra-processed?

200 g Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Nairn's Marmite & Cheese Oatcaķes

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:

  • 21 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score E

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Oats 75%, Sustainable Palm Fruit Oil, Marmite® 9% (Yeast Extract, Salt, Vegetable Juice (Carrot, Onion), vitamins, Thiamin, Riboflavin, Niacin, Vitamin B12, Folic Acid, Natural Flavouring), Cheese 6%, Dietary Fibre (Oligofructose), Sea Salt, Raising Agent (Sodium Carbonates)

Additives: E500 Sodium carbonates

As written on the pack

Wholegrain Oats (75%), Sustainable Palm Fruit Oil, Marmite® (9%)(Yeast Extract (contains Barley, Wheat, Oats, Rye), Salt, Vegetable Juice Concentrate (Carrot, Onion), Vitamins (Thiamin, Riboflavin, Niacin, Vitamin B12, Folic Acid), Natural Flavouring (contains Celery)), Cheese (6%) (Milk), Dietary Fibre (Oligofructose), Sea Salt, Raising Agent: Sodium Carbonates.

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.
2 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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0612322001698, 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.