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Is Savoritz Mini Naturally Flavored Cheese Sandwich Crackers ultra-processed?

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Pack of Savoritz Mini Naturally Flavored Cheese Sandwich 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:

  • 43 ingredients
  • 10 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), canola oil (canola oil, ascorbic acid, a preservative, rosemary extract), palm oil, sugar, cheddar cheese powder (whey, cheddar cheese, cultured milk, enzymes, salt), disodium phosphate, enzymes, whey powder, wheat starch, natural flavor, soy lecithin, malt (malted barley flour, dextrose, wheat flour), ammonium bicarbonate, salt, sea salt, yeast, natural flavor (contains salt, milk), sodium bicarbonate, color (paprika, annatto), enzymes, lactic acid

Additives: E160b Annatto , E270 Lactic acid , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E339ii Disodium phosphate , E392 Extracts of rosemary , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate , E503 Ammonium carbonates , E503ii Ammonium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), CANOLA OIL (CANOLA OIL, ASCORBIC ACID - A PRESERVATIVE, ROSEMARY EXTRACT), PALM OIL, SUGAR, CHEDDAR CHEESE POWDER (WHEY, CHEDDAR CHEESE [PASTEURIZED CULTURED MILK, ENZYMES, SALT), DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, ENZYMES), WHEY POWDER, WHEAT STARCH, NATURAL FLAVOR (CONTAINS MILK), SOY LECITHIN, DRY MALT (MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, DEXTROSE, WHEAT FLOUR), AMMONIUM BICARBONATE, SALT, SEA SALT, YEAST, NATURAL FLAVOR (CONTAINS SALT, MILK), SODIUM BICARBONATE, COLOR (PAPRIKA, ANNATTO), ENZYMES, LACTIC ACID

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.

  • E160b Annatto Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of 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.
  • 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.

  • 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.
  • 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.
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.

  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

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About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4099100070002, last edited 21 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.