Is Biscuits Wagon Wheels ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 26 ingredients
- 7 additives
- Nutri-Score E
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Wheat flour (with Calcium carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Chocolate coating 24% (Sugar (processing marker), Vegetable fats (processing marker) (Sustainable palm kernel, Sustainable palm, Shea), whey (ultra-processing marker), Fat reduced cocoa powder, e476 (ultra-processing marker), Soya lecithin (ultra-processing marker)), Mallow 22% (Glucose syrup (ultra-processing marker), Beef gelatine (ultra-processing marker), Citric acid), Sugar (processing marker), Sustainable palm oil, Glucose syrup (ultra-processing marker), Fat reduced cocoa powder, Sodium bicarbonate, Salt (processing marker), including cereals containing gluten
Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid , E428 Gelatine , E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate
As written on the pack
Wheat flour (with Calcium carbonate, Iron, Niacin and Thiamin), Chocolate flavoured coating (24%) (Sugar, Vegetable fats (Sustainable palm kernel, Sustainable palm, Shea), Dried whey (Milk), Fat reduced cocoa powder, Emulsifiers (E476, Soya lecithin)), Mallow (22%) (Glucose syrup, Gelling agent (Beef gelatine), Acidity regulator (Citric acid)), Sugar, Sustainable palm oil, Glucose syrup, Fat reduced cocoa powder, Raising agent (Sodium bicarbonate), Salt. ALLERGY ADVICE For allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold.
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.
- E428 Gelatine Gelatine is a gelling agent made from collagen in animal skin and bones.
- E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate Polyglycerol polyricinoleate (PGPR) is an emulsifier made from castor oil.
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.
- Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
- 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 fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
- Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.
Among 301 chocolate biscuits
From least to most processed, this one ranks 187th. 95% of the chocolate biscuits here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5010049001956, last edited 19 June 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.