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Is Belvita Breakfast, Choc Chips ultra-processed?

Chocolate biscuits Sold in the United States and France

Pack of Belvita Breakfast, Choc Chips

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:

  • 40 ingredients
  • 9 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed chocolate 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

cereals 40.5% (wheat flour 21.4%, cereals 16% (buckwheat 12.2%, barley flour 1%, spelt flour 1%, oat flakes 1%, wheat flour 0.8%), rice flour 2.9%, malted wheat flour 0.2%, sugar, chocolate chips 11.2%, cocoa paste, sugar, soya lecithin), rapeseed oil, modified starch, isomaltulose, glycerol, inulin, maltitol, soya lecithin, e472b, e475, wheat gluten, flavourings, glucose syrup, salt, sodium hydrogen carbonate, skimmed milk powder, minerals (magnesium oxide, elemental iron), dextrose, vitamins, vitamin b6 (pyridoxine), vitamins, vitamin b9, folic acid

Additives: E14XX Modified Starch , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E422 Glycerol , E472b Lactic acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E475 Polyglycerol esters of fatty acids , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate , E965 Maltitol

As written on the pack

cereals 40,5 % [wheat flour 21,4 %, wholegrain cereals 16 % (wholegrain crushed buckwheat 12,2 %, wholegrain barley flour 1 %, wholegrain spelt flour 1 %, oat flakes 1 %, wholegrain wheat flour 0,8 %), rice flour 2,9 %, malted wheat flour 0,2 %), sugar, chocolate chips 11,2 % [cocoa paste, sugar, emulsifier (soya lecithin)], rapeseed oil, modified starch, isomaltulose***, humectant (glycerol), inulin, bulking agent (maltitol), emulsifier (soya lecithin, e472b, e475), wheat gluten, flavourings, glucose syrup, salt, raising agent (sodium hydrogen carbonate), skimmed milk powder, minerals (magnesium oxide, elemental iron), dextrose, vitamins [vitamin b6 (pyridoxine), vitamin b9 (folic acid)], *** isomaltulose is a source of glucose and fructose,

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.

  • E14xx Modified Starch Modified starches (E1400 to E1452) are starches treated physically, with enzymes or chemically so that they thicken and hold up to heating, freezing or acidity better than ordinary starch.
  • 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.
  • E422 Glycerol Glycerol is a sweet-tasting liquid used to keep products moist and soft.
  • E472b Lactic acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • E475 Polyglycerol esters of fatty acids Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • E965 Maltitol Maltitol is a sugar alcohol made from starch, used as a sweetener in "no added sugar" sweets and chocolate.
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  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
5 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.
  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 301 chocolate biscuits

From least to most processed, this one ranks 296th. 95% of the chocolate 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 301 chocolate biscuits, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7622210614407, last edited 31 July 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.