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Is Cadbury Dairy Milk Oreo ultra-processed?

120 g Chocolate sandwich cookies Sold in the United Kingdom, the United States and France

Pack of Cadbury Dairy Milk Oreo

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:

  • 30 ingredients
  • 7 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed filled 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

milk, sugar, vegetable fats (palm, shea), cocoa butter, wheat flour, whey powder (from milk), skimmed milk powder, cocoa mass, milk fat, reduced fat cocoa powder, e442, soya lecithin, e476, sunflower lecithin, glucose syrup, wheat starch, salt, e501, e500, e503, flavourings, glucose-fructose syrup, the equivalent of 426ml of fresh liquid milk in every 227g of milk chocolate, milk chocolate (milk 20%), actual 23%, contains vegetable fats in addition to cocoa butter

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E442 Ammonium phosphatides , E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate , E500 Sodium carbonates , E501 Potassium carbonates , E503 Ammonium carbonates

As written on the pack

milk**, sugar, vegetable fats (palm, shea), cocoa butter, wheat flour, whey powder (from milk), skimmed milk powder, cocoa mass, milk fat, reduced fat cocoa powder, emulsifiers (e442, soya lecithin, e476, sunflower lecithin), glucose syrup, wheat starch, salt, acidity regulators (e501, e500), raising agent (e503), flavourings, glucose-fructose syrup, **the equivalent of 426ml of fresh liquid milk in every 227g of milk chocolate , milk chocolate: milk solids 20% minimum, actual 23%,contains vegetable fats in addition to cocoa butter, may contain nuts,

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.
  • E442 Ammonium phosphatides Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate Polyglycerol polyricinoleate (PGPR) is an emulsifier made from castor oil.
  • 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.
  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
  • Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
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.

  • Chocolates Products in the category "Chocolates" are at least group 3.
  • 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.
  • Vegetable fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
  • 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 23 chocolate sandwich cookies

From least to most processed, this one ranks 23rd. 96% of the chocolate sandwich cookies 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 23 chocolate sandwich cookies, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7622300754136, last edited 4 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.
  • 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.