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Is Dark Fantasy 8909081005053 ultra-processed?

471.5g Biscuit (cookie) snack w chocolate filling Sold in the United Kingdom and India

Pack of Dark Fantasy 8909081005053

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:

  • 40 ingredients
  • 8 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed biscuit (cookie) snack w chocolate filling

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

choco crème 38% (sugar, refined palmolein, refined palm oil, cocoa solids, emulsifier, nature identical flavouring substances (chocolate), artificial flavouring substances (vanilla)), maida (refined wheat flour), hydrogenated vegetable oil, sugar, invert syrup, glucose, raising agents (503 (ii), 500 (ii), 450 (i)), cocoa solids 0.7%, butter, milk, iodized salt, nature identical flavouring substances (milk chocolate), colours (150c, 150d), emulsifiers pkd (lecithin (from soyabean)), mono- and DIGLYCERIDES OF FATTY ACIDS (from palm oil), artificial flavouring substances (milk, vanilla)

Additives: E150c Ammonia caramel , E150d Sulphite ammonia caramel , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E450 Diphosphates , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E500 Sodium carbonates , E503 Ammonium carbonates

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E150c Ammonia caramel, E150d Sulphite ammonia caramel, E450 Diphosphates.

As written on the pack

CHOCO CRÈME (38.0%) {SUGAR, REFINED PALMOLEIN, REFINED PALM OIL, COCOA SOLIDS, EMULSIFIER [LECITHIN (FROM SOYABEAN)], NATURE IDENTICAL FLAVOURING SUBSTANCES (CHOCOLATE), ARTIFICIAL FLAVOURING SUBSTANCES (VANILLA)}, MAIDA (REFINED WHEAT FLOUR), HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE OIL, SUGAR, INVERT SYRUP, LIQUID GLUCOSE, RAISING AGENTS [503(ii), 500(ii), 450(i)], COCOA SOLIDS (0.7%), BUTTER, MILK SOLIDS, IODIZED SALT, NATURE IDENTICAL FLAVOURING SUBSTANCES (*MILK CHOCOLATE), COLOURS (150c, 150d), EMULSIFIERS PKD.: [LECITHIN (FROM SOYABEAN), MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES OF FATTY ACIDS (FROM PALM OIL)], ARTIFICIAL FLAVOURING SUBSTANCES (MILK, VANILLA)

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.

  • E150c Ammonia caramel Ammonia caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars with ammonia compounds.
  • E150d Sulphite ammonia caramel Sulphite ammonia caramel is the dark brown colour in colas and many sauces, made by heating sugars with sulphite and ammonia compounds.
  • 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.
  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
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  • 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.

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.
  • Hydrogenated oil Hydrogenation turns liquid oil into a solid fat that resists going rancid.
  • Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
5 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.

  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 23 biscuit (cookie) snack w chocolate filling

From least to most processed, this one ranks 23rd. 91% of the biscuit (cookie) snack w chocolate filling 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 biscuit (cookie) snack w chocolate filling, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8909081005053, last edited 13 July 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.