Is Smash Foods Snack Bites ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 11 ingredients
- 1 additive
- Nutri-Score D
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
dates, sunflower butter, oat flour, strawberry juice concentrate, date, powder, chia seeds, sea salt (processing marker), vanilla, powder, fruit pectin (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E440 Pectins
As written on the pack
DATES, SUNFLOWER BUTTER, OAT FLOUR, STRAWBERRY JUICE CONCENTRATE, DATE, POWDER, CHIA SEEDS, SEA SALT, VANILLA, POWDER, FRUIT PECTIN
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.
- E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
1 ingredient 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.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0850055550544, last edited 3 October 2025), 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.