Is nutella & GO! Hazelnut Spread + Pretzel Sticks ultra-processed?

54 g Pretzel Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
Whey

23 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score E

Less processed pretzel

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

hazelnut spread (sugar (processing marker)), palm oil, hazelnuts, coca, skim milk, whey (ultra-processing marker), lecithin as emulsifier, vanillin (an artificial flavor (ultra-processing marker), pretzels), flour (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), malt extract, canola oil, sodium bicarbonate, disodium diphosphate as leavening agents, salt (processing marker)

As written on the pack

HAZELNUT SPREAD: SUGAR, PALM OIL, HAZELNUTS, COCA, SKIM MILK, WHEY (MILK), LECITHIN AS EMULSIFIER (SOY), VANILLIN: AN ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR. PRETZELS: ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), MALT EXTRACT, CANOLA OIL, SODIUM BICARBONATE AND DISODIUM DIPHOSPHATE AS LEAVENING AGENTS, 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.

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.

3 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.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 64 pretzel

From least to most processed, this one ranks 35th. 63% of the pretzel 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 64 pretzel, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0009800800094, last edited 21 August 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.