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Is Rivercote Sour Cream & Onion Rice Crackers ultra-processed?

100 g Crackers (Appetizers) Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Rivercote Sour Cream & Onion Rice 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:

  • 33 ingredients
  • 10 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed crackers (Appetizers)

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

rice 84%, rice bran oil, cheese seasoning 2.6% (cheese, milk, cheese, salt, maltodextrin, acidity regulators (lactic acid), sodium phosphate, sodium citrate, yeast extract, whey, anti-caking agent (silicon dioxide), colour (paprika extract)), sour cream flavouring 1.5%, sugar, salt, onion 1.15%, flavour enhancers (monosodium glutamate), disodium guanylate, disodium inosinate, milk, parsley, acidity regulator (citric acid), antioxidant (tocopherols), flavouring

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E270 Lactic acid , E306 Tocopherol-rich extract , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E339 Sodium phosphates , E551 Silicon dioxide , E621 Monosodium glutamate , E627 Disodium guanylate , E631 Disodium inosinate

As written on the pack

84% rice, rice bran oil, 2,6% cheese seasoning (cheese solids (milk), milk solids, dried cheese (milk), salt, maltodextrin, acidity regulators: lactic acid (milk), sodium phosphate, sodium citrate, yeast extract, dried whey (milk), anti-caking agent: silicon dioxide, colour: paprika extract), 1,5% sour cream flavouring, sugar, salt, 1,15% ground onion, flavour enhancers: monosodium glutamate, disodium guanylate, disodium inosinate, dried milk, dried parsley, acidity regulator: citric acid, antioxidant: tocopherols, flavouring,

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.

  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • E551 Silicon dioxide A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
  • E621 Monosodium glutamate Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is the sodium salt of glutamic acid, made by fermentation and used to strengthen savoury taste.
  • E627 Disodium guanylate Disodium guanylate is a flavour enhancer usually used together with MSG.
  • E631 Disodium inosinate Disodium inosinate is a flavour enhancer usually used together with MSG.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
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  • Flavour enhancer Flavour enhancers such as monosodium glutamate (E621) strengthen savoury taste without adding a flavour of their own.
  • 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.
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.
  • Anti-caking agent Anti-caking agents are substances which reduce the tendency of individual particles of a foodstuff to adhere to one another.
  • 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.
  • 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 708th. 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 4056489555186, last edited 27 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.