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Is Coop Chocolate Chip Cookies ultra-processed?

145 g Gluten-free biscuits Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Coop Chocolate Chip Cookies

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:

  • 29 ingredients
  • 6 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed gluten-free 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

oat flour, sugar, dark chocolate chips 14%, cocoa mass, sugar, cocoa butter, fat-reduced cocoa powder, lecithins, palm oil, margarine (vegetable oils (palm vegetable oils, rapeseed vegetable oils), water, salt, mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids, citric acid), tapioca flour, rice flour, partially inverted sugar syrup, ammonium carbonates, sodium carbonates, flavouring, xanthan gum, also, manchester m60 oag, www.coop.co.uk, food nutrition 12 servings per cookie per (approx)

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E330 Citric acid , E415 Xanthan gum , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E500 Sodium carbonates , E503 Ammonium carbonates

As written on the pack

oat flour, sugar, dark chocolate chips (14%) (cocoa mass, sugar, cocoa butter, fat-reduced cocoa powder, emulsifier (lecithins (soya))), palm oil, margarine (vegetable oils (palm, rapeseed), water, salt, emulsifier (mono - and diglycerides of fatty acids), acid (citric acid)), tapioca flour, rice flour, partially inverted sugar syrup, raising agents (ammonium carbonates, sodium carbonates), flavouring, thickener (xanthan gum). allergy advice for allergens, see ingredients in bold. also, may contain nuts, milk. origin made in uk for co-operative group ltd., manchester m60 oag. www.coop.co.uk/food nutrition 12 servings per cookie per 100g (approx. 12g) 253 kj

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.
  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
  • 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.

  • Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
6 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.
  • Vegetable fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 12 gluten-free biscuits

From least to most processed, this one ranks 11th. 83% of the gluten-free 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 12 gluten-free biscuits, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000128706995, last edited 3 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.