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Is Voortman Bakery Vanilla Wafers ultra-processed?

Biscuits Sold in the United States

Pack of Voortman Bakery Vanilla Wafers

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:

  • 27 ingredients
  • 7 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed biscuits

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

Enriched wheat flour (flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine, mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), vegetable oil (canola, soybean, palm and palm kernel, sunflower), sorbitol, maltodextrain, cornstarch, soy lecithin, salt, sodium bicarbonate, citric acid, artificial flavor, aspartame (phenylketonurics (contains phenylalanine)), artificial flavor colors (fd&c yellow #6, fd&c yellow #5)

Additives: E102 Tartrazine , E110 Sunset yellow FCF , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid , E420 Sorbitol , E951 Aspartame

As written on the pack

Enriched wheat flour (flour, niacin,reduced iron, thiamine, mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), vegetable oil(canola, soybean, palm and palm kernel, sunflower), sorbitol, maltodextrain, cornstarch, soy lecithin, salt, sodium bicarbonate, citric acid, artificial flavor, aspartame (phenylketonurics: contains phenylalanine), artificial flavor colors (fd&c yellow #6, fd&c yellow #5).

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.

  • E102 Tartrazine Tartrazine is a synthetic yellow azo dye (FD&C Yellow No. 5 in the US).
  • E110 Sunset yellow FCF Sunset yellow FCF is a synthetic orange azo dye (FD&C Yellow No. 6 in the US).
  • 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.
  • E420 Sorbitol Sorbitol is a sugar alcohol used as a sweetener and to keep products moist.
  • E951 Aspartame Aspartame is a synthetic sweetener about 200 times sweeter than sugar, used in diet drinks and sugar-free products.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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 oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,514 biscuits

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1190th. 83% of the biscuits 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 1,514 biscuits, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0067312005253, last edited 19 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.