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Is Savour Bakes Rice Cakes: Sour Cream & Onion ultra-processed?

130 g Puffed rice cakes Sold in Ireland

Pack of Savour Bakes Rice Cakes: Sour Cream & Onion

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:

  • 25 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed puffed rice cakes

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

brown rice 34%, white rice 26%, Corn Grits, Rapeseed Sour Cream, Onion Flavouring (Sweet Whey Powder, Onion, Maltodextrin, Salt, Sugar, Rice Flour, Flavouring, Garlic, Cream Powder, Parsley, Acidity Regulators (Calcium Phosphates), Citric Acid, Sodium Hydroxide, Crème Fraiche, Pepper, Coconut Oil, Palm Oil, Emulsifier (Acacia Gum))

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E341 Calcium phosphates , E414 Acacia gum , E524 Sodium hydroxide

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: Whey.

As written on the pack

BROWN RICE (34%), WHITE RICE (26%), Corn Grits, Rapeseed Sour Cream and Onion Flavouring (Sweet Whey Powder (Milk), Onion Powder, Maltodextrin, Salt, Sugar, Rice Flour, Flavouring, Garlic Powder, Cream Powder (Milk), Parsley, Acidity Regulators: Calcium Phosphates, Citric Acid, Sodium Hydroxide; Crème Fraiche (Milk), Pepper, Coconut Oil, Palm Oil, Emulsifier: Acacia Gum). ALLERGY ADVICE: For allergens, see ingredients in bold. May also contain soya. DIETARY ADVICE: Suitable for vegetarians.

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.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
  • 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.
3 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.

  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 142 puffed rice cakes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 134th. 63% of the puffed rice cakes 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 142 puffed rice cakes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600517841, last edited 2 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.