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Is Britannia Milk Bikis - Milk Sandwich ultra-processed?

112.8g Milk chocolate biscuits Sold in the United States

Pack of Britannia Milk Bikis - Milk Sandwich

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:

  • 26 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed chocolate 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), sugar, interesterified vegetable fat, refined palm oil, milk products 8.7% (milk, sweetened condensed partly skimmed milk), glucose, edible maize starch, raising agents (503 (ii), 500 (ii), 341 (i)), emulsifiers (322 (i), 471), iodised salt, minerals, artificial, flavouring substances, vitamins

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E341 Calcium phosphates , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E500 Sodium carbonates , E503 Ammonium carbonates

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E322 Lecithins, E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids.

As written on the pack

REFINED WHEAT FLOUR (MAIDA), SUGAR, INTERESTERIFIED VEGETABLE FAT & REFINED PALM OIL, MILK PRODUCTS (8.7%) [MILK SOLIDS & SWEETENED CONDENSED PARTLY SKIMMED MILK], LIQUID GLUCOSE, EDIBLE MAIZE STARCH, RAISING AGENTS [503(ii), 500(ii) & 341(i)], EMULSIFIERS [322(i) & 471], IODISED SALT, MINERALS**, ARTIFICIAL (MILK) FLAVOURING SUBSTANCES AND VITAMINS*.

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.
  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
  • 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.
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 18 milk chocolate biscuits

From least to most processed, this one ranks 7th. 100% of the milk chocolate 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 18 milk chocolate biscuits, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8901063035232, last edited 20 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.