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Is Wooleys of Arran Original Oatcakes ultra-processed?

260g Crackers (Appetizers) Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Wooleys of Arran Original Oatcakes

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:

  • 14 ingredients
  • 4 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

original oat cakes ingredients oatmeal 59%, WHEAT Flour (Calcium, Iron, Niacin, Thiamine), Vegetable Fat (Palm, Rapeseed), Brown Sugar, Raising Agents (Bicarbonate of Soda, Cream of Tartar), Salt

Additives: E336 Potassium tartrates , E336i Monopotassium tartrate , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

ORIGINAL OAT CAKES INGREDIENTS OATMEAL (59%), WHEAT Flour (Calcium, Iron, Niacin, Thiamine), Vegetable Fat (Palm, Rapeseed), Brown Sugar, Raising Agents (Bicarbonate of Soda, Cream of Tartar), Salt.

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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.

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 268th. 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 5028772000016, last edited 27 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.