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Shortbread, from least to most processed

We track 64 shortbread, 33% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is All butter choc chip shortbread.

What makes shortbread ultra-processed

The signs of ultra-processing found most often, and the share of shortbread that contain each:

Processed food (43)

  1. 1 All butter choc chip shortbread Sainsburys 3
  2. 2 All-Butter Shortbread Fingers Walker's · 150 g 5.3 oz 3
  3. 3 Scottish All Butter Shortbread Rounds Marks & Spencer 3
  4. 4 Shortbread mini shortbread fingers shortbread cookies Walkers · 125 g 3
  5. 5 All Butter Shortbread Biscuits Starbucks 3
  6. 6 Pure Butter Scottie Dogs Shortbread Walkers · 24 g 3
  7. 7 Scottish Shortbread Petticoat Tails M&S 3
  8. 8 Scottish All Butter Shortbread Fingers M&S Collection · 165g 3
  9. 9 All Butter Scottish Shortbread Assortment Tesco Finest · 400 g 3
  10. 10 Shortbread Fingers Walker’s · 160g 3
  11. 11 Shortbread biscuits Island Bakery · 125 g 3
  12. 12 All Butter Shortbread Rounds Co Op Irresistible · 180 g 3
  13. 13 All butter shortbread fingers Tesco · 210g 3
  14. 14 Shortbread Fingers Bakers Selection 3
  15. 15 Finest Scottish Shortbread Fingers Tesco · 165 g 3
  16. 16 Mor Shortbread Fingers 210g Morrisons · 210 g 3
  17. 17 Shortbread highlanders Walkers 3
  18. 18 Wee Shorties Mini Shortbread Fingers Walker's · 150 g 3
  19. 19 All butter scottish shortbread assortment Marks & Spencer · 650g 3
  20. 20 Shortbread Belmont · 500g 3
  21. 21 Tesco Scot Shortbread Petticoat Tails Tesco 3
  22. 22 & Partners No1 Lavender Shortbread Waitrose · 135 g 3
  23. 23 All Butter Classic Shortbread Rounds Deluxe · 160 g 3
  24. 24 Oat Shortbread Walker’s 3
  25. 25 Sainsbury's "Taste the Difference" Demerara Shortbread Rounds Sainsbury's · 200 g 3
  26. 26 all butter shortbread rounds Deluxe Lidl · 160g 3
  27. 27 Shortbread Fingers Aldi · 160 g 3
  28. 28 Scottish Shortbread Fingers Asda 3
  29. 29 Shortbread all butter petticoat tails Sainsbury's · 440g 3
  30. 30 Morrisons The Best - All butter shortbread biscuits Morrisons · 165g 3
  31. 31 Lemon all butter shortbread fingers Tesco Finest 3
  32. 32 Shortbread House of Edinburgh Truly Handmade SHORTBREAD FINGERS Traditional Recipes · 340 g 3
  33. 33 All Butter Shortbread Morrisons 3
  34. 34 Highland All Butter Shortbread Rounds Waitrose & Partners Dutch organic 3
  35. 35 Costa Mini All Butter Shortbreads Costa 3
  36. 36 WR Shortbread Fingers 200g Waitrose · 200 g 3
  37. 37 shortbread Sainsbury's 3
  38. 38 Christmas Gold Stag Shortbread Tim Marks & Spencer · 650g 3
  39. 39 Scottish All Butter Mini Shortbread Fingers M&S Food 3
  40. 40 All Butter Scottish Shortbread Fingers Marks & Spencer · 210g 3

Showing the first 40 of 43. The narrower categories above, or search, find the rest.

Ultra-processed food (21)

  1. 44 Shortbread Fingers Paterson's · 20 units, 300gr total 4
  2. 45 Paterson's shortbread fingers 300 g 4
  3. 46 Scottish cream shortbread selection 1 kg 4
  4. 47 Vegan Lemon Shortbread Asda · 162 g 4
  5. 48 Shortbread rings Border · 30g 4
  6. 49 All Butter Chocolate Chip Shortbread Rounds Deluxe · 150 g 4
  7. 50 All Butter Scottish Shortbread Selection Marks & Spencers · 450 g 4
  8. 51 All Butter Lemon Shortbread Rounds Morrisons The Best · 180g/9 portions 4
  9. 52 Scottish all butter choc chunck shortbread rounds Marks & Spencers · 175g 4
  10. 53 All butter shortbread Lidl deluxe · 150g 4
  11. 54 All butter toffee shortbread Sainsbury's 4
  12. 55 Chocolate chip shortbread Walkers · 8 150g 4
  13. 56 Chocolate Chunk Shortbread Sainsburys · 175g 4
  14. 57 Scottish Shortbread Assortment (per Chocolate Chunk Shortbread) Sainsbury's 4
  15. 58 4 Chunky Belgian Chocolate Shortbread Sainsbury's 4
  16. 59 Ube Tea Cookies Purple Yam Shortbread Cookies Trader Joe's · 10 oz 4
  17. 60 Butter Leaves Shortcake Bahslen 4
  18. 61 All Butter Shortbread Collection Aldi · 380g 4
  19. 62 Shortbread cookies Lorna Doone · 1.5 OZ (42 g) 4
  20. 63 Millionaire's Shortbread Lazyday · 150g 4
  21. 64 Alpen Chocolate carmel & shortbread imp Alpen · 120 g 4

Within each group, products with fewer signs of ultra-processing, additives and ingredients come first. This ordering is ours, for comparison; it is not part of NOVA.