Is brownie ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 35 ingredients
- 5 additives
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
unsalted butter (processing marker), whole egg, dark chocolate (cocoa mass, sugar (processing marker), cocoa butter, emulsifier (ultra-processing marker) (soya lecithin (ultra-processing marker)), natural vanilla flavouring (ultra-processing marker)), brown sugar (processing marker) (sugar, cane molasses), sugar (processing marker), plain white flour (potato starch (processing marker), rice flour, stabiliser (e415 (ultra-processing marker))), white chocolate (sugar (processing marker), cocoa butter, whole milk powder (processing marker), emulsifier (ultra-processing marker) (soya lecithin (ultra-processing marker)), natural vanilla flavouring (ultra-processing marker)), milk chocolate (sugar (processing marker), cocoa butter, whole milk powder (processing marker), cocoa mass, emulsifier (ultra-processing marker) (soya lecithin (ultra-processing marker)), natural vanilla flavouring (ultra-processing marker)), cocoa powder, e501i
Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E415 Xanthan gum , E501 Potassium carbonates , E501i Potassium carbonate
As written on the pack
unsalted butter (milk), pasteurised whole egg, dark chocolate (cocoa mass, sugar, cocoa butter, emulsifier soya lecithin, natural vanilla flavouring) (13%), brown sugar (sugar and cane molasses), sugar, gluten free plain white flour (potato starch, rice flour, stabiliser e415), white chocolate (sugar, cocoa butter, whole milk powder, emulsifier soya lecithin, natural vanilla flavouring) (10%), milk chocolate (sugar, cocoa butter, whole milk powder, cocoa mass, emulsifier soya lecithin, natural vanilla flavouring)) (5%), cocoa powder, e 501i. allergy advice: for allergens see ingredients in bold
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.
- E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
- 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.
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.
- Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060068750762, last edited 28 August 2023), 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.