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Is Aldi Bourbon creams ultra-processed?

200 g Filled biscuits Sold in the United Kingdom and Ireland

Pack of Aldi Bourbon creams

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 20 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed filled biscuits

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Niacin, Thiamin, Iron), Sugar, Palm Oil, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Partially Inverted Refiners Syrup, Palm Kernel Oil, Dextrose, Rapeseed Oil, Ammonium Carbonates, Sodium Carbonates, Salt, Flavourings, Water "Rainforest Alliance Certified, Find out more at ra.org, see ingredients in bo

Additives: E500 Sodium carbonates , E503 Ammonium carbonates

As written on the pack

Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Niacin, Thiamin, Iron), Sugar, Palm Oil, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Partially Inverted Refiners Syrup, Palm Kernel Oil, Dextrose, Rapeseed Oil, Raising Agents: Ammonium Carbonates, Sodium Carbonates; Salt, Flavourings, Water "Rainforest Alliance Certified. Find out more at ra.org. ALLERGY ADVICE: For allergens, see ingredients in bo May also contain milk and soya DIETARY ADVICE: Suitable for vegetarians.

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
3 ingredients that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 99 filled biscuits

From least to most processed, this one ranks 22nd. 96% of the filled biscuits here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 99 filled biscuits, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600257402, last edited 14 September 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
  • NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.