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Is Ritz original crackers ultra-processed?

227 g Small Crackers Sold in the United States, Australia and New Zealand

Pack of Ritz original crackers

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:

  • 19 ingredients
  • 7 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed small Crackers

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, vegetable oil (307b, 304), sugar, fructose syrup, iodised salt, 500, 341, 503, soy lecithin, enzyme, minerals (iron, zinc), vitamins (riboflavin, thiamin, folate)

Additives: E304 Fatty acid esters of ascorbic acid , E307b Concentrated tocopherol , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E341 Calcium phosphates , E500 Sodium carbonates , E503 Ammonium carbonates

As written on the pack

WHEAT FLOUR, VEGETABLE OIL (CONTAINS ANTIOXIDANTS (307b, 304)), SUGAR, FRUCTOSE SYRUP, IODISED SALT, RAISING AGENTS (500, 341, 503), EMULSIFIER (SOY LECITHIN), ENZYME (CONTAINS WHEAT), MINERALS (IRON, ZINC). VITAMINS (RIBOFLAVIN. THIAMIN. FOLATE).

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.

  • E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.

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.

  • Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
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.

  • 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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 16 small Crackers

From least to most processed, this one ranks 10th. 63% of the small Crackers 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 16 small Crackers, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 9310034002415, last edited 14 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.