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Is Van's Waffles ultra-processed?

9 oz Waffles Sold in the United States

Pack of Van's Waffles

Yes, it's ultra-processed

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

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 28 ingredients
  • 8 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed waffles

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

water, flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), van's power grains mix (whole wheat flour, cracked red wheat, oats, millet, brown rice), wheat protein isolate, non-gmo canola oil, cane sugar, baking powder (sodium acid pyrophosphate, baking soda, rice flour, monocalcium phosphate), vital wheat gluten, natural flavors, cinnamon, oat fiber, soy lecithin

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E341 Calcium phosphates , E341i Monocalcium phosphate , E450 Diphosphates , E450i Disodium diphosphate , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

(that we are proud of) water, enriched flour (unbleached wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), van's power grains mix (whole wheat flour, cracked red wheat, steel cut oats, millet and brown rice), wheat protein isolate, non-gmo expeller pressed canola oil, cane sugar, baking powder (sodium acid pyrophosphate, baking soda, rice flour, monocalcium phosphate), vital wheat gluten, natural flavors, cinnamon, oat fiber, soy lecithin,

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.
  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
  • 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.

  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
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.

  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 38 waffles

From least to most processed, this one ranks 22nd. 95% of the waffles 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 38 waffles, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0089947302828, last edited 19 March 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.