Is Biskwi Golden Ring Shortbread Cookies ultra-processed?

400 g Shortbread cookies Sold in Canada

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring

9 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score C

Less processed shortbread cookies

All-Butter Shortbread Fingers Walker's 4 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
Shortbread Fingers Walker’s 9 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
All butter shortbread fingers Tesco 10 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
All Butter Scottish Shortbread Fingers Marks & Spencer 7 ingredients · 2 additives NOVA group 3

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, Palm oil, Sugar (processing marker), Water, Wheat starch (processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Ammonium carbonates, Artificial flavours (ultra-processing marker), Dried whole egg

Additives: E502 Carbonates

As written on the pack

Wheat flour, Palm oil, Sugar, Water, Wheat starch, Salt,Ammonium carbonates, Artificial flavours, Dried whole egg

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.

Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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 87 shortbread cookies

From least to most processed, this one ranks 54th. 45% of the shortbread 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 87 shortbread cookies, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0667888056033, last edited 22 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 C (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.