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Is Aldi Smooth Biscuit Spread ultra-processed?

400 grams Sweet spreads Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Aldi Smooth Biscuit Spread

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:

  • 13 ingredients
  • 3 additives

Less processed sweet spreads

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 four sugar, rapeseed oil, palm oil, candy sugar, emulsifier, lecithins (sunflower), sodium carbonates, salt, cinnamon, flavourings, aad (citric acid)

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E330 Citric acid , E500 Sodium carbonates

As written on the pack

wheat four sugar,rapeseed oil, palm oil,candy sugar syrup, emulsifier, lecithins (sunflower), raising agent: sodium carbonates, salt, cinnamon, flavourings, aad: citric acid,

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.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
2 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 671 sweet spreads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 572nd. 68% of the sweet spreads 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 671 sweet spreads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600331584, last edited 25 March 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.