Is Coop 8 mini brownie bites ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 29 ingredients
- 2 additives
- Nutri-Score E
Less processed brownies
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Sugar (processing marker), Dark Chocolate 20%, Cocoa Mass, Sugar (processing marker), Emulsifier (ultra-processing marker) (Lecithins (ultra-processing marker)), Cocoa Butter, Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Butter (processing marker), Water, Glucose Syrup (ultra-processing marker), Humectant (ultra-processing marker) (Glycerol (ultra-processing marker), Vegetable), Egg Powder, Belgian Dark Chocolate Chunks 2%, Sugar (processing marker), Cocoa Mass, Cocoa Butter, Emulsifier (ultra-processing marker) (Lecithins (ultra-processing marker)), Flavouring (ultra-processing marker), Fat-Reduced Cocoa Powder, Milk Proteins (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E322 Lecithins , E422 Glycerol
As written on the pack
Sugar, Dark Chocolate (20%) (Cocoa Mass, Sugar, Emulsifier (Lecithins (Soya)), Cocoa Butter), Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Butter (Milk), Water, Glucose Syrup, Humectant (Glycerol - Vegetable), Egg Powder, Belgian Dark Chocolate Chunks (2%) (Sugar, Cocoa Mass, Cocoa Butter, Emulsifier (Lecithins (Soya)), Flavouring), Fat-Reduced Cocoa Powder, Milk Proteins
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.
- 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.
- Humectant Humectants are substances which prevent foods from drying out by counteracting the effect of an atmosphere having a low degree of humidity, or promote the dissolution of a powder in an aqueous medium.
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.
- 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.
Among 29 brownies
From least to most processed, this one ranks 16th. 93% of the brownies here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000128677127, last edited 27 March 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.