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Is Auchan Bio Tahini dark chocolate cookies ultra-processed?

5.3 oz Biscuits Sold in the United States

Pack of Auchan Bio Tahini dark chocolate cookies

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

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

Whole foods combined with:

  • 20 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed sweet snacks

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, dates, extra virgin olive oil 14%, orange juice, dark chocolate couverture 80% (cocoa mass, coconut sugar, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, vanilla extract), tahini (sesame seeds), sunflower oil, salt flakes 1%, baking powder (corn starch, cream of tartar, sodium bicarbonate), cinnamon, tocopherol-rich extract

Additives: E306 Tocopherol-rich extract , E336 Potassium tartrates , E336i Monopotassium tartrate , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

Wheat flour*, dates*, extra virgin olive oil* (14%), orange juice*, dark chocolate couverture 80%* (cocoa mass*, coconut sugar*, cocoa butter*, emulsifier: soy lecithin*, vanilla extract*), tahini* (peeled sesame seeds*), sunflower oil*, salt flakes (1%), baking powder* (organic corn starch, acidulant: cream of tartar, raising agent: sodium bicarbonate), cinnamon*, tocopherol-rich extract. *Organic origin. Contains wheat, soy, and sesame.

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • 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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,514 biscuits

From least to most processed, this one ranks 246th. 83% of the 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 1,514 biscuits, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8720726760171, last edited 8 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.