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Is Quaker Cheddar Flavor With Other Natural Flavors Rice Crisps ultra-processed?

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Pack of Quaker Cheddar Flavor With Other Natural Flavors Rice Crisps

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:

  • 34 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

brown rice flour, degerminated milled corn, sunflower oil, whey, salt, maltodextrin, cheddar, blue cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes, annatto (color)), soybean, cottonseed oil, butter (cream, salt), monosodium glutamate, lactic acid, tricalcium phosphate, sodium phosphate, calcium lactate, citric acid, gum arabic, natural flavor, annatto (color), enzyme modified cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes), tocopherols (preservative)

Additives: E270 Lactic acid , E306 Tocopherol-rich extract , E330 Citric acid , E414 Acacia gum , E621 Monosodium glutamate

As written on the pack

whole grain brown rice flour, degerminated milled corn, sunflower oil, dry whey, salt, maltodextrin, cheddar and blue cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes, annatto extract [color]), partially hydrogenated soybean and cottonseed oil, butter (cream, salt), monosodium glutamate, lactic acid, tricalcium phosphate, sodium phosphate, calcium lactate, citric acid, gum arabic, natural flavor, annatto extract (color), enzyme modified cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes), tocopherols (preservative),

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.

  • E414 Acacia gum Gum arabic (acacia gum) is the hardened sap of acacia trees, used to stabilise flavour emulsions in soft drinks and to coat sweets.
  • E621 Monosodium glutamate Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is the sodium salt of glutamic acid, made by fermentation and used to strengthen savoury taste.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • 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.

  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
  • 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.
  • Soya bean An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
6 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.
  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 715 crackers (Appetizers)

From least to most processed, this one ranks 680th. 61% of the crackers (Appetizers) 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 715 crackers (Appetizers), least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0030000169766, last edited 3 June 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.