Is Detki Animal shapes biscuits ultra-processed?

160 g Biscuits Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
E150a Plain caramel

16 ingredients
5 additives
Nutri-Score E

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

Wheat flour, sugar (processing marker), palm fat, calcium carbonate 0.9%, raising agents (e500, e503), salt (processing marker), flavour (ultra-processing marker), colourant (e150a (ultra-processing marker)), antioxidants (e330, potassium metabisulphite), derivatives, RO Biscuiți sub formă de animale pentru coppi si calciu

Additives: E150a Plain caramel , E224 Potassium metabisulphite , E330 Citric acid , E500 Sodium carbonates , E503 Ammonium carbonates

As written on the pack

Wheat flour, sugar, palm fat, calcium carbonate (0,9%), raising agents (E500, E503), salt, flavour, colourant (E150a), antioxidants (E330, potassium metabisulphite). It may contain traces of nuts, peanuts, soy, egg, and milk derivatives. RO Biscuiți sub formă de animale pentru coppi si calciu

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.

E150a Plain caramel Plain caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars.
Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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 567th. 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 5997380352629, last edited 31 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.