Sharky Bite Size Crackers

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Sharky Bite Size Crackers scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Modified Fats (Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (Palm Oil, Coconut Oil, Palm Stearin)): Hydrogenation and modification are UPF markers.
• Corn-Based Sweeteners (High Fructose Corn Syrup): HFCS is a hallmark of ultra-processed foods.

Within Cookies & Crackers, this product is more processed than about 51% of the 18,630 products we've analyzed.

Processing classification reflects ingredient and additive analysis, not a judgment of any product's safety, quality, or healthfulness.

What These Ingredients Tell Us

We group Sharky Bite Size Crackers' ingredients into ingredient categories and note how each relates to food processing. The notes below describe the category, not this specific product's formulation.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Vegetable Oil (Palm Oil, Coconut Oil).

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

Synthetic VitaminsProcessing indicator

In this product: Cheddar Cheese Powder Dehydrated Blend Of Cheese Granular And Blue Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt, Enzymes , Whey, Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil Soybean Oil , Whey Protein Concentrate, Lactose, Maltodextrin, Salt, Sodium Phosphate, Citric Acid, Lactic Acid, Artificial Colors Fd & C Yellow 5, Fd & C Yellow 6, Artificial Flavors, Silicon Dioxide , Sugar, Iodized Salt, Ammonium Bicarbonate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Monocalcium Phosphate, Artificial Colors Fd & C Yellow 6, Fd & C Red 40 , Artificial Flavor, Soy Lecithin, Yeast, Vegetable Oil Canola Oil , Enzymes, Sodium Bisulfite Preservative , Ascorbic Acid, Tocopherol Acetate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Retinyl Palmitate, Potassium Iodide, Cyanocobalamin.

Fortification often compensates for processing losses.