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Yes — Half-Coated Milk Chocolate Cookies is ultra-processed.
The product contains several ultra-processed ingredients or additives according to NOVA. These include: palm oil and palm within 'vegetable oils (palm, shea, sal)' (highly refined oil), emulsifier (soya lecithin), invert sugar syrup, glucose syrup, and flavouring. The presence of any such industrial ingredients is sufficient to classify the product as ultra-processed (UPF).
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Almond Thins
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Yes — Half-Coated Milk Chocolate Cookies by Fox's is ultra-processed, so it counts as a UPF (ultra-processed food). The product contains several ultra-processed ingredients or additives according to NOVA. These include: palm oil and palm within 'vegetable oils (palm, shea, sal)' (highly refined oil), emulsifier (soya lecithin), invert sugar syrup, glucose syrup, and flavouring. The presence of any such industrial ingredients is sufficient to classify the product as ultra-processed (UPF).
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.