Is Arnott's Tim Tams ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 29 ingredients
- 5 additives
- Nutri-Score E
Less processed chocolate biscuits
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
biscuits (milk chocolate 38%, sugar (processing marker)), milk solids, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, vegetable oil (processing marker), emulsifiers (ultra-processing marker) (soy lecithin (ultra-processing marker), e476 (ultra-processing marker)), flavour (ultra-processing marker), wheat flour, sugar (processing marker), vegetable oil (processing marker), golden syrup (ultra-processing marker), food colours (caramel iii, beet red, cochineal (ultra-processing marker), annatto (ultra-processing marker)), cocoa powder, salt (processing marker), baking powder, emulsifier (ultra-processing marker) (soy lecithin (ultra-processing marker)), flavour (ultra-processing marker), containing cereals, milk, soy
Additives: E120 Cochineal , E160b Annatto , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate
As written on the pack
biscuits: milk chocolate (38%)(sugar, milk solids, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, vegetable oil, emulsifiers (soy lecithin, e476), flavour), wheat flour, sugar, vegetable oil (contains soy), golden syrup, food colours (caramel iii, beet red, cochineal, annatto), cocoa powder, salt, baking powder, emulsifier (soy lecithin), flavour. contains gluten containing cereals, milk and soy. may contain traces of egg, peanut, sesame and tree nut.
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.
- E120 Cochineal Carmine is a red colour made from cochineal insects.
- E160b Annatto Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of 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.
- E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate Polyglycerol polyricinoleate (PGPR) is an emulsifier made from castor oil.
- 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.
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.
- Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
4 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 oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
- Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.
Among 301 chocolate biscuits
From least to most processed, this one ranks 213th. 95% of the chocolate biscuits here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 9310072027456, last edited 15 September 2024), 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.