Is Swartz Fig & Black Sesame ultra-processed?

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Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring

19 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score E

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), cane sugar (processing marker), dried figs (figs, rice flour), black sesame, golden flax seeds, pumpkin seeds, greek yogurt (skim milk), baking soda, sea salt (processing marker), natural flavor (ultra-processing marker)

Additives: E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

UNBLEACHED ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), CANE SUGAR, DRIED FIGS (FIGS, RICE FLOUR), BLACK SESAME SEEDS, GOLDEN FLAX SEEDS, PUMPKIN SEEDS, GREEK YOGURT (CULTURED SKIM MILK), BAKING SODA, SEA SALT, NATURAL 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.

Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

2 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.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4061463010599, last edited 23 April 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.