Is Dare original WAGONWHEELS 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
- 13 additives
- Nutri-Score E
Less processed chocolate biscuits
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Sugars (processing marker) (sugar, glucose-fructose (ultra-processing marker), fancy molasses), Chocolatey coating (sugar (processing marker), hydrogenated palm kernel oil, cocoa, salt (processing marker), sorbitan tristearate (ultra-processing marker), soya lecithin (ultra-processing marker), natural flavour (ultra-processing marker)), Wheat flour, Vegetable oil (processing marker) (modified palm oil), Whey powder (ultra-processing marker), Corn starch (processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Wheat gluten (ultra-processing marker), Glycerin (ultra-processing marker), Gelatin (ultra-processing marker), Baking soda, Ammonium bicarbonate, Natural flavour (ultra-processing marker), Soya lecithin (ultra-processing marker), Monocalcium phosphate, Potassium sorbate (processing marker), Lactic acid, Sulphites
Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E270 Lactic acid , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E341 Calcium phosphates , E341i Monocalcium phosphate , E422 Glycerol , E428 Gelatine , E492 Sorbitan tristearate , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate , E503 Ammonium carbonates , E503ii Ammonium hydrogen carbonate
As written on the pack
Sugars (sugar/glucose-fructose, fancy molasses), Chocolatey coating (sugar, hydrogenated palm kernel oil, cocoa, salt, sorbitan tristearate, soya lecithin, natural flavour), Wheat flour, Vegetable oil (modified palm oil), Whey powder, Corn starch, Salt, Wheat gluten, Glycerin, Gelatin, Baking soda, Ammonium bicarbonate, Natural flavour, Soya lecithin, Monocalcium phosphate, Potassium sorbate, Lactic acid, Sulphites.
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.
- E428 Gelatine Gelatine is a gelling agent made from collagen in animal skin and bones.
- E492 Sorbitan tristearate 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.
- 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.
- Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
- 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.
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.
- E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
- 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 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.
Among 301 chocolate biscuits
From least to most processed, this one ranks 279th. 95% of the chocolate biscuits here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0063348165442, last edited 20 May 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.