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Is Starbucks Egg Bites ultra-processed?

21 oz Vegetarian grounds Sold in the United States and Norway

Pack of Starbucks Egg Bites

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 12 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed meat analogues

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

cage free egg whites, cottage cheese, monterey jack cheese, red bell peppers, rice starch, unsalted butter, feta cheese, green onion, canola oil, salt, hot sauce, spice

As written on the pack

cage free egg whites, cottage cheese, monterey jack cheese, red bell peppers, rice starch, unsalted butter, feta cheese, green onion, canola oil, salt, hot sauce, spice

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 8 vegetarian grounds

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1st. 75% of the vegetarian grounds 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 8 vegetarian grounds, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0705044029665, last edited 21 April 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.