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Is Border Biscuits Ltd Border Biscuit ultra-processed?

135g Biscuits Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Border Biscuits Ltd Border Biscuit

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:

  • 36 ingredients
  • 8 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed 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 (Calcium, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Sugar, Butter, Vegetable Oil (Palm Vegetable Oil, Rapeseed Vegetable Oil), Butterscotch 7% (Sugar, Glucose Syrup, Brown Sugar, Vegetable Fat (Shea Oil), Palm Oil, Sunflower Lecithin, Butter, Sweetened Condensed Skimmed Milk, Salt, Emulsifier (Soya Lecithin), Natural Flavour), Cornflour, Raising Agents (Ammonium Bicarbonate, Disodium Diphosphate, Sodium Carbonate), Whole Egg Powder, Skimmed Milk Powder, Salt, including cereals containing gluten, Also, we are happy to declare that the palm oil contained within the ingredients we use is certified as sustainable, 6

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E450 Diphosphates , E450i Disodium diphosphate , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500i Sodium carbonate , E503 Ammonium carbonates , E503ii Ammonium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

Wheat Flour (Calcium, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Sugar, Butter, Vegetable Oil (Palm, Rapeseed), Butterscotch (7%) (Sugar, Glucose Syrup, Brown Sugar, Vegetable Fat: Shea Oil, Palm Oil, Sunflower Lecithin, Butter, Sweetened Condensed Skimmed Milk, Salt, Emulsifier: Soya Lecithin, Natural Flavour), Cornflour, Raising Agents (Ammonium Bicarbonate, Disodium Diphosphate, Sodium Carbonate), Whole Egg Powder, Skimmed Milk Powder, Salt. Allergy Advice: For allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold. Also, may contain traces of nuts. WE ARE HAPPY TO DECLARE THAT THE PALM OIL CONTAINED WITHIN THE INGREDIENTS WE USE IS CERTIFIED AS SUSTAINABLE. 6

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.
  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
  • 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.

  • 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.
7 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.

  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 1,514 biscuits

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1210th. 83% of the 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 1,514 biscuits, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0652655001088, last edited 24 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.