No — Butter Biscuits is not ultra-processed.
A simple, traditional biscuit—fine as an occasional treat.
All-Butter Shortbread Fingers are not ultra-processed under NOVA. The ingredients are wheat flour, fortifying vitamins and minerals (calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, and thiamin), butter, sugar, and salt. These are basic culinary ingredients or permitted fortification nutrients, with no industrial emulsifiers, flavorings, refined industrial syrups, hydrogenated oils, or other UPF markers.
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No — Butter Biscuits by Tower Gate is not ultra-processed, so it is not a UPF (ultra-processed food). All-Butter Shortbread Fingers are not ultra-processed under NOVA. The ingredients are wheat flour, fortifying vitamins and minerals (calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, and thiamin), butter, sugar, and salt. These are basic culinary ingredients or permitted fortification nutrients, with no industrial emulsifiers, flavorings, refined industrial syrups, hydrogenated oils, or other UPF markers.
Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are industrial formulations made with ingredients and additives you wouldn't find in a home kitchen — such as emulsifiers, artificial flavourings, colourings and modified starches. The classification is based on the NOVA system used by researchers and dietitians worldwide.
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Product information comes from public databases and Nomi's own analysis, and may contain errors. Always check the packaging. Ultra-processed classification is based on the NOVA food processing system.