Is Soreen Original Malt Snack Pack ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 32 ingredients
- 4 additives
- Nutri-Score C
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Malt loaf slices, fortified wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, niacin, iron, folic acid, thiamine), water, raisins 14%, partially inverted sugar syrup (ultra-processing marker) (partially inverted sugar syrup, e150c (ultra-processing marker)), maize starch (processing marker), malted barley flour 5%, barley malt extract 4%, vegetable fats (processing marker) (rapeseed fat, palm fat), rice starch (processing marker), salt (processing marker), yeast, calcium propionate, vegetable fat spread 6.7% (vegetable oils and fats (palm fat, sunflower oil (processing marker)), water, salt (processing marker), e471 (ultra-processing marker), natural flavour (ultra-processing marker), citric acid)
Additives: E150c Ammonia caramel , E282 Calcium propionate , E330 Citric acid , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids
As written on the pack
Malt loaf slices (fortified wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, niacin, iron, folic acid, thiamine), water, raisins 14%, partially inverted sugar syrup (partially inverted sugar syrup, colour (E150c)), maize starch, malted barley flour 5%, barley malt extract 4%, vegetable fats (rapeseed fat, palm fat), rice starch, salt, yeast, preservative (calcium propionate)), vegetable fat spread 6.7% (vegetable oils and fats (palm fat, sunflower oil), water, salt, emulsifier (E471), natural flavour, acid (citric 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.
- E150c Ammonia caramel Ammonia caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars with ammonia compounds.
- E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
- 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.
- Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
4 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.
- Vegetable fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Among 2,388 breads
From least to most processed, this one ranks 1878th. 71% of the breads here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5088722227023, last edited 2 October 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.