Is Bolands Custard Creams ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 20 ingredients
- 6 additives
- Nutri-Score E
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
fortified wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, nicotinamide, thiamin), vegetable oils (processing marker), sustainable palm, palm kernel, rapeseed in varying proportions, sugar (processing marker), dextrose (ultra-processing marker), wheat starch (processing marker), sodium hydrogen carbonate, ammonium hydrogen carbonate, whey powder (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker), flavouring (ultra-processing marker) (beta-carotene (ultra-processing marker)), including cereals containing gluten
Additives: E160a Carotene , E160ai Beta-carotene , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate , E503 Ammonium carbonates , E503ii Ammonium hydrogen carbonate
As written on the pack
fortified wheat flour [wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, nicotinamide, thiamin], vegetable oils (sustainable palm, palm kernel, rapeseed in varying proportions], sugar, dextrose, wheat starch, raising agents [sodium hydrogen carbonate, ammonium hydrogen carbonate], whey powder (milk), salt, flavouring, colour [beta-carotene], allergen advice: for allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold, may also contain soya, suitable for vegetarians, no hydrogenated fats,
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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.
- 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.
Among 99 filled biscuits
From least to most processed, this one ranks 55th. 96% of the filled biscuits here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5397136016889, last edited 12 September 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.