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No — shortbread is not ultra-processed.
A simple traditional biscuit made with familiar kitchen ingredients.
Shortbread is not ultra-processed under the stated NOVA criteria. It is made from basic culinary ingredients: fortified wheat flour, butter, sugar, cornflour, salt, and ammonium carbonates as a common raising agent. Fortification nutrients such as calcium carbonate, niacin, iron, and thiamin do not make it ultra-processed. No industrial sweetener, refined specialty oil, emulsifier, stabilizer, artificial flavouring, or other UPF-defining additive is present.
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No — shortbread by Sainsbury is not ultra-processed, so it is not a UPF (ultra-processed food). Shortbread is not ultra-processed under the stated NOVA criteria. It is made from basic culinary ingredients: fortified wheat flour, butter, sugar, cornflour, salt, and ammonium carbonates as a common raising agent. Fortification nutrients such as calcium carbonate, niacin, iron, and thiamin do not make it ultra-processed. No industrial sweetener, refined specialty oil, emulsifier, stabilizer, artificial flavouring, or other UPF-defining additive is present.
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.