Is ballerina chocolate peanut butter ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 49 ingredients
- 3 additives
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
540 9 g Per kex 16 g 363, 86 5.3% 2.9% 8.3% 4.5% <0.5% 1.4% 0.14% Förpackningen sorteras som plastförpackning, Förvaras torrt, Ballerinas produkter är bakade utan palmolja, ingredienser (Vetemjöl, hvedemel), mjölkchoklad 27% (socker (processing marker), mjölkpulver (processing marker), mælkpulver, kakaosmör, kakaomassa, mjölksocker (ultra-processing marker), mælksukker, vasslepulver (ultra-processing marker), vallepulver från mjölk, mælk, emulgeringsmedel (ultra-processing marker) (sojalecitin)), jordnötssmör, jordnøddersmør 25% (jordnötter, jordnødder, salt (processing marker)), vegetabilisk olja (processing marker) (kokos, raps), socker (processing marker), glukos-fruktossirap (ultra-processing marker), arom (ultra-processing marker), bakpulver, hævemiddel (hjorthornssalt e503, natriumbikarbonat), salt (processing marker), färgämne (ultra-processing marker), farvestof (karotener (ultra-processing marker)), nødder, ägg, æg och sesam, För mer info se ra, org, e ej över normal rumstemperatur, Känslig för solljus och värme, Bäst före, Bedst før (NE 16022023 8 kakor T ମ) P on)
Additives: E160a Carotene , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate
As written on the pack
0g 540 9 g Per kex 16 g 363/86 5,3 g 2,9 g 8,3 g 4,5g <0,5 g 1,4g 0,14 g Förpackningen sorteras som plastförpackning, Förvaras torrt, Ballerinas produkter är bakade utan palmolja, INGREDIENSER: Vetemjöl/hvedemel, mjölkchoklad 27 % (socker, mjölkpulver/mælkpulver, kakaosmör, kakaomassa', mjölksocker/mælksukker, vasslepulver/vallepulver från mjölk/mælk, emulgeringsmedel (sojalecitin)), jordnötssmör/jordnøddersmør 25 % (jordnötter/jordnødder, salt), vegetabilisk olja (kokos, raps), socker, glukos-fruktossirap, arom, bakpulver/hævemiddel (hjorthornssalt E503, natriumbikarbonat), salt, färgämne/farvestof (karotener), Kan innehålla nötter/nødder, ägg/æg och sesam, Rainforest Alliance Certified, För mer info se ra,org, 128 g e ej över normal rumstemperatur, Känslig för solljus och värme, Bäst före/Bedst før: NE 16022023 8 kakor T ମ) P on
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.
- E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
- Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
- 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.
- 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.
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.
- Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7310520011695, last edited 6 August 2022), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
- 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.