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Is Aldi Jive ultra-processed?

210 g Chocolate biscuits Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Aldi Jive

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:

  • 34 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

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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

milk chocolate 36% (sugar, cocoa butter, whole milk powder, cocoa mass, lactose, sweet whey powder, emulsifier (lecithins), salt, vanilla extract), caramel 33% (sweetened condensed skimmed milk (skimmed milk, sugar), glucose syrup, palm fat, humectant (sorbitols), caramelised sugar syrup, salt, barley malt extract), biscuit 31% (wheat flour, palm fat, sugar, fat reduced cocoa powder, raising agent (sodium carbonates), salt, emulsifier, lecithins), milk chocolate contains cocoa solids 27%, milk 14%

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E420 Sorbitol , E500 Sodium carbonates

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: Whey.

As written on the pack

milk chocolate (36%) (sugar, cocoa butter*, whole milk powder, cocoa mass*, lactose (milk), sweet whey powder (milk), emulsifier: lecithins (soya), salt, vanilla extract), caramel (33%) [sweetened condensed skimmed milk (condensed skimmed milk, sugar), glucose syrup, palm fat, humectant: sorbitols, caramelised sugar syrup, salt, barley malt extract], biscuit (31%) (wheat flour, palm fat, sugar, fat reduced cocoa powder*, raising agent: sodium carbonates, salt, emulsifier, lecithins (soya)), milk chocolate contains cocoa solids 27% minimum, milk solids 14% minimum, *rainforest alliance certified,

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.

  • E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
  • E420 Sorbitol Sorbitol is a sugar alcohol used as a sweetener and to keep products moist.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
  • Humectant Humectants are substances which prevent foods from drying out by counteracting the effect of an atmosphere having a low degree of humidity, or promote the dissolution of a powder in an aqueous medium.

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.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.
  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
5 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.
  • Vegetable fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.
  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 301 chocolate biscuits

From least to most processed, this one ranks 246th. 95% of the chocolate 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 301 chocolate biscuits, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600265476, last edited 3 July 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.