Is Tesco Inspired Crackers ultra-processed?

60 g Crackers (Appetizers) Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tesco Inspired Crackers

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:

  • 17 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed appetizers

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

Cassava, Tapioca Starch (processing marker), Rapeseed Oil, Sugar (processing marker), Leek, Red Chilli, Water, Salt (processing marker), White Pepper, Ginger Root Gingerols, Ginger Powder, Turmeric Powder, Garlic, Onion, Paprika, Carrot, Black Pepper Extract

As written on the pack

Cassava, Tapioca Starch, Rapeseed Oil, Sugar, Leek, Red Chilli, Water, Salt, White Pepper Extract, Ginger Root Gingerols, Ginger Powder, Turmeric Powder, Garlic Powder, Onion Powder, Paprika, Carrot, Black Pepper Extract

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 715 crackers (Appetizers)

From least to most processed, this one ranks 151st. 61% of the crackers (Appetizers) 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 715 crackers (Appetizers), least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5052909546436, last edited 7 May 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.