Is OB Finest Original Wafer Crackers Water Crackers ultra-processed?

100 g Biscuits Sold in Australia

Pack of OB Finest Original Wafer Crackers Water Crackers

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 13 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed sweet snacks

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, Cheese Powder Ave Qty (Milk, Cheese (processing marker) (Milk, per 100 g Salt, Starter Culture, Enzymes), Salt (processing marker), Acidity Regulator), Salt (processing marker), Canola Oil, Raising Agent

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E500 Sodium carbonates

As written on the pack

Wheat Flour, Cheese Powder Ave Qty [Milk Solids, Cheese Solids (Milk, per 100 g Salt, Starter Culture, Enzymes), Salt, Acidity Regulator (330)], Salt, Canola Oil, Raising Agent (500). Contains Wheat, Gluten, Milk. May Contain Sesame.

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

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.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" are at least group 3.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,514 biscuits

From least to most processed, this one ranks 196th. 83% of the biscuits 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 1,514 biscuits, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 9349571000004, last edited 27 September 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.