Is Smucker's Uncrustables Chocolate Flavored Hazelnut Spread Sandwich ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- Flavouring
- Whey
- E322 Lecithins
- E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids
- E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids
- 36 ingredients
- 6 additives
- Nutri-Score E
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Bread (processing marker) (flour, wheat flour), malted barley flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, water, whole wheat flour, sugar (processing marker), yeast, soybean oil (processing marker), contains 2% and less of (salt (processing marker)), mono- and diglycerides (ultra-processing marker), datem (ultra-processing marker), enzymes (with wheat starch (processing marker), ascorbic acid, calcium peroxide), chocolate flavored hazelnut spread (sugar (processing marker)), vegetable oils (processing marker) (palm, canola), hazelnuts, cocoa processed with alkali, cocoa, skim milk, whey powder (ultra-processing marker), contains 2% and less of (sunflower lecithin (ultra-processing marker)), vanillin (artificial flavor (ultra-processing marker))
Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E930 Calcium peroxide
As written on the pack
Bread: enriched unbleached flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, unbleached whole wheat flour, sugar, yeast, soybean oil, contains 2% or less of: salt, dough conditioners (distilled mono and diglycerides, datem, enzymes [with wheat starch, ascorbic acid, calcium peroxide]). chocolate flavored hazelnut spread: sugar, vegetable oils (palm and canola), hazelnuts, cocoa processed with alkali and cocoa, skim milk, whey powder, contains 2% or less of: sunflower lecithin, vanillin (artificial flavor).
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.
- 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.
- E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
- E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Bread An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0051500211786, last edited 13 September 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.