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Is Nature's Path Organic Frosted Berry Strawberry Flavored Toaster Pastries ultra-processed?

312 g Toaster pastries Sold in the United States, Canada and France

Pack of Nature's Path Organic Frosted Berry Strawberry Flavored Toaster Pastries

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:

  • 25 ingredients
  • 9 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed biscuits

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Wheat flour, cane sugar, invert cane syrup, palm oil, whole wheat flour, apples, corn starch, strawberries, rice starch, baking soda, cream of tartar, vital wheat gluten, dextrose, strawberry flavor, sea salt, red beet, paprika oleoresin, tapioca starch, honey, molasses, citric acid, whey protein, algin, sodium citrate, monocalcium phosphate

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E336 Potassium tartrates , E336i Monopotassium tartrate , E341 Calcium phosphates , E341i Monocalcium phosphate , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

Wheat flour*, cane sugar*, invert cane syrup*, palm oil*, whole wheat flour*, apples*, corn starch*, strawberries*, rice starch*, leavening (baking soda, cream of tartar), vital wheat gluten*, dextrose*, strawberry flavor*, sea salt, color (red beet powder, paprika oleoresin), tapioca starch*, honey*, molasses*, citric acid, whey protein concentrate* (milk), algin, sodium citrate, monocalcium phosphate.

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.

  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • 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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
  • Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
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.

  • Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
  • 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.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 12 toaster pastries

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1st. 100% of the toaster pastries 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 12 toaster pastries, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0058449410003, last edited 22 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.