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Is Penn State Pretzels ultra-processed?

Pretzel Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Penn State Pretzels

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:

  • 9 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score D

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

WHEAT Flour (with Calcium, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Rapeseed Of Sea Salt, Dextrose, Acidity Regulator Sundium Hydroxide, Dried Yeast For aliorgon

As written on the pack

WHEAT Flour (with Calcium, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin) Rapeseed Of Sea Salt, Dextrose, Acidity Regulator Sundium Hydroxide, Dried Yeast For aliorgon

What makes it ultra-processed

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.
1 ingredient 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 64 pretzel

From least to most processed, this one ranks 32nd. 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 5032439100247, last edited 6 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.