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Is Axfood Duokaka ultra-processed?

176 g Chocolate sandwich cookies Sold in Sweden

Pack of Axfood Duokaka

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:

  • 25 ingredients
  • 3 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

KEX (Vetemjöl), socker, glukos-fruktossirap, palmolja, vatten, fettreducerat kakaopulver, arom, vetestärkelse, salt, bakpulver (e503, e500), emulgeringsmedel (solroslecitin), kramfyllning 29% (Socker), fett (kokos, palm), emulgeringsmedel (solroslecitin), naturlig vaniljarom, surhetsreglerande medel (citronsyra)

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E500 Sodium carbonates , E503 Ammonium carbonates

As written on the pack

KEX: Vetemjöl, socker, glukos-fruktossirap, palmolja**, vatten, fettreducerat kakaopulver*, arom, vetestärkelse, salt, bakpulver (E503, E500), emulgeringsmedel (solroslecitin). KRAMFYLLNING 29%: Socker, vegetabiliskt fett (kokos, palm**), emulgeringsmedel (solroslecitin), naturlig vaniljarom, surhetsreglerande medel (citronsyra).

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.

  • 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.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • 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 23 chocolate sandwich cookies

From least to most processed, this one ranks 9th. 96% of the chocolate sandwich cookies 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 23 chocolate sandwich cookies, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7340083491306, last edited 2 April 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.