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Is Coop Ginger Nut ultra-processed?

Biscuits Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Coop Ginger Nut

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:

  • 24 ingredients
  • 2 additives

Less processed 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

ingredients fortified wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), sugar, glucose-fructose syrup, palm oil, semolina (wheat), ground ginger, raising agent (sodium carbonates, diphosphates), salt, lemon oil, including cereals containing gluten, reference intake made in uk for co-operative group ltd, nutrition manchester m60 oag, www.coop.co.uk, food average adult serving per biscuit per typical values energy value, kcal рer (approx)

Additives: E450 Diphosphates , E500 Sodium carbonates

As written on the pack

ingredients fortified wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), sugar, glucose - fructose syrup, palm oil, semolina (wheat), ground ginger, raising agent (sodium carbonates, diphosphates), salt, lemon oil. allergy advice for allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold. reference intake made in uk for co-operative group ltd., nutrition manchester m60 oag. www.coop.co.uk/food average adult serving per biscuit per typical values energy value (kcal рer 100g (approx. 10g)

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.

  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.

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.
  • Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,514 biscuits

From least to most processed, this one ranks 652nd. 83% of the 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 1,514 biscuits, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000128592338, last edited 10 August 2025), 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.