Is Rivercote Sweet Chilli Flatbread Thins ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 36 ingredients
- 1 additive
- Nutri-Score D
Less processed crackers (Appetizers)
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Wheat Flour 75% (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Dark Rye Flour 8%, Extra Virgin Olive Oil (processing marker), Clear Blossom Honey, Balsamic Vinegar (White Wine Vinegar, Concentrated Grape Must), Chilli, Paprika, Coriander, Sweet Chilli Seasoning (Salt (processing marker), Garlic, Dextrose (ultra-processing marker), Onion, Spices (Paprika, Cayenne, Black Pepper), Tomato, Sugar (processing marker), Maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), Natural Flavouring (ultra-processing marker), Yeast Extract Powder, Barley Malt Vinegar, Lemon Juice, Paprika, Anticaking Agent (processing marker) (Silicon Dioxide (ultra-processing marker))), Sugar (processing marker), Salt (processing marker)
Additives: E551 Silicon dioxide
As written on the pack
75% Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), 8% Dark Rye Flour, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Clear Blossom Honey, Balsamic Vinegar (White Wine Vinegar (Sulphites), Concentrated Grape Must (Sulphites)), Ground Chilli Powder, Ground Paprika, Coriander, Sweet Chilli Seasoning (Salt, Garlic Powder, Dextrose, Onion Powder, Spices [Paprika, Cayenne, Black Pepper], Tomato Powder, Sugar, Maltodextrin, Natural Flavouring, Yeast Extract Powder, Barley Malt Vinegar Powder, Concentrated Lemon Juice Powder, Paprika, Anticaking Agent: Silicon Dioxide), Sugar, Salt. Allergy Advice
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down 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.
- 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.
Among 715 crackers (Appetizers)
From least to most processed, this one ranks 617th. 61% of the crackers (Appetizers) here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489159766, last edited 30 April 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.