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Yes — Milk Chocolate Digestives is ultra-processed.
The product is classified as UPF because it contains industrial ingredients and additives including palm oil (pre-identified UPF), vegetable fats, emulsifiers (soya lecithins, polyglycerol polyricinoleate), natural vanilla flavouring, and invert sugar syrup, all of which indicate ultra-processing under NOVA.
Other biscuits & cookies Nomi has checked — these ones aren't ultra-processed.
Mini biszkopty
Andante
Not UPF
Sicilian lemon shortbread rounds
Specially Selected
Not UPF
Zero choc chip cookies
Gullón
Not UPF
& Partners No1 Lavender Shortbread
Waitrose
Not UPF
Duchy Organic Stem Ginger Biscuits Coated in Dark Chocolate
Duchy Organic,Waitrose,Waitrose & Partners
Not UPF
Reduced-Fat All-Butter Croissants
Marks & Spencers
Not UPF
Choc Brownie Natural Protein Bar
TRIBE
Not UPF
All butter shortbread fingers
Tesco
Not UPF
Yes — Milk Chocolate Digestives by Tower Gate is ultra-processed, so it counts as a UPF (ultra-processed food). The product is classified as UPF because it contains industrial ingredients and additives including palm oil (pre-identified UPF), vegetable fats, emulsifiers (soya lecithins, polyglycerol polyricinoleate), natural vanilla flavouring, and invert sugar syrup, all of which indicate ultra-processing under NOVA.
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.