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Is Britannia 5050 Maska Chaska ultra-processed?

Biscuits Sold in the United States and India

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:

  • 19 ingredients
  • 5 additives

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

Refined wheat flour (maida), refined (olein), oil, sugar, glucose, ii, ii, ii, i, butter 1.2%, black salt, milk, vegetable (chives), iodised salt, nature identical flavouring substance, dough conditioner

Additives: E223 Sodium metabisulphite , E341 Calcium phosphates , E450 Diphosphates , E500 Sodium carbonates , E503 Ammonium carbonates

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E450 Diphosphates.

As written on the pack

Refined wheat flour (maida), refined (palm & palmolein) oil, sugar, liquid glucose, raising agents [503(ii), 341(ii), 500(ii) & 450(i)], butter (1.2%), black salt, milk solids, dehydrated vegetable (chives) (1%), iodised salt, nature identical flavouring substance and dough conditioner (223).

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.

  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.

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.
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.

  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • 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 1,514 biscuits

From least to most processed, this one ranks 568th. 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 8901063367173, last edited 2 October 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.