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Yes — Chocolate Biscuits is ultra-processed.
The product is classified as ultra-processed because it contains industrial ingredients and additives such as glucose syrup, barley malt extract, palm fat, palm kernel fat, and emulsifiers (soya lecithin, E492). Glucose syrup and barley malt extract are refined, industrially produced sugar ingredients; palm and palm kernel fats are highly refined fats; and emulsifiers like lecithin and E492 are additives used to modify texture and shelf life. These are characteristic markers of NOVA ultra-processed foods.
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Tesco Scottish Shortbread Assortment Tin
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All butter shortbread fingers
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Not UPF
Mini biszkopty
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Not UPF
Sicilian lemon shortbread rounds
Specially Selected
Not UPF
Zero choc chip cookies
Gullón
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& 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
Yes — Chocolate Biscuits by Maltesers is ultra-processed, so it counts as a UPF (ultra-processed food). The product is classified as ultra-processed because it contains industrial ingredients and additives such as glucose syrup, barley malt extract, palm fat, palm kernel fat, and emulsifiers (soya lecithin, E492). Glucose syrup and barley malt extract are refined, industrially produced sugar ingredients; palm and palm kernel fats are highly refined fats; and emulsifiers like lecithin and E492 are additives used to modify texture and shelf life. These are characteristic markers of NOVA ultra-processed foods.
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.