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Is Simple Truth Multigrain crackers ultra-processed?

10 g Wheat crackers Sold in the United States

Pack of Simple Truth Multigrain 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:

  • 37 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed wheat 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

flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), high oleic sunflower oil, oats, sugar, inulin, rye flour, wheat germ, multigrain flour, seed blend (whole wheat flour, rye flour, barley flour, triticale, soy flour, sunflower seeds, flax seeds, oat flour, brown rice flour, yellow corn meal, millet flour, durum), salt, corn starch, oat fiber, invert sugar, leavening (baking soda, monocalcium phosphate), malted barley flour, onion, enzymes

Additives: E341 Calcium phosphates , E341i Monocalcium phosphate , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), HIGH OLEIC SUNFLOWER OIL, OATS, SUGAR, INULIN, RYE FLOUR, WHEAT GERM, MULTIGRAIN FLOUR AND SEED BLEND (WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, RYE FLOUR, BARLEY FLOUR, TRITICALE FLOUR, SOY FLOUR, SUNFLOWER SEEDS, FLAX SEEDS, OAT FLOUR, BROWN RICE FLOUR, YELLOW CORN MEAL, MILLET FLOUR, WHOLE DURUM FLOUR), SALT, CORN STARCH, OAT FIBER, INVERT SUGAR, LEAVENING (BAKING SODA, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE), MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, ONION POWDER, ENZYMES

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

  • Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • 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 37 wheat crackers

From least to most processed, this one ranks 30th. 70% of the wheat 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 37 wheat crackers, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0011110119599, last edited 12 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.