Is Built Brownie Batter ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 17 ingredients
- 3 additives
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
premium collagen protein blend (bovine collagen, milk protein isolate (ultra-processing marker), collagen), glycerin (ultra-processing marker), sugar (processing marker), peanuts, water, oil (palm oil, palm kernel oil), cocoa processed with alkali, natural flavors (ultra-processing marker), dextrose (ultra-processing marker), nonfat milk powder (processing marker), soy lecithin (ultra-processing marker), hydrolyzed whey protein
Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E422 Glycerol
As written on the pack
premium collagen protein blend (bovine collagen, milk protein isolate, collagen), glycerin, sugar, peanuts, water, palm and palm kernel oil, cocoa processed with alkali, natural flavors, cultured dextrose, nonfat milk powder, soy lecithin, hydrolyzed whey protein
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.
- E422 Glycerol Glycerol is a sweet-tasting liquid used to keep products moist and soft.
- 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.
- Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
3 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.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- 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.
Among 377 cakes
From least to most processed, this one ranks 174th. 94% of the cakes here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0840229303625, last edited 30 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.
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.