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Is Bisconni Novita Chocolate Wafers ultra-processed?

24 Chocolate stuffed wafers Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Bisconni Novita Chocolate Wafers

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:

  • 16 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

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

Wheat Flour Sugar, Vegetable Oil (Palm Oil), Dextrose, Cocoa Powder, Whey Powder, Emulsifier (Soy Lecithin (e322), Salt Raising Agent (Sodium Bicarbonate e500), Artificial Food Flavoring, Chocolat Allergen Warning), Wheat Gluten, Milk, Soy یلا کر سویا

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E500 Sodium carbonates

As written on the pack

Wheat Flour Sugar, Vegetable Oil (Palm Oil), Dextrose Powder, Cocoa Powder, Whey Powder, Emulsifier Soy Lecithin (E-322) Salt Raising Agent (Sodium Bicarbonate E-500). Artificial Food Flavoring (Chocolat Allergen Warning: Wheat Gluten, Milk & Soy یلا کر سویا

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.

  • 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.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.

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.
  • Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
  • 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.
2 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.

  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 13 chocolate stuffed wafers

From least to most processed, this one ranks 10th. 100% of the chocolate stuffed wafers 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 13 chocolate stuffed wafers, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8961102508929, last edited 28 March 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.