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Is dewberry (b) bluebeeries 33g ultra-processed?

1.16 oz (33g) Sandwich biscuits Sold in the United States and the Philippines

Pack of dewberry (b) bluebeeries 33g

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:

  • 42 ingredients
  • 15 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed filled 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

biscuit base (wheat flour, vegetable fat, palm, BHA, BHT, sugar, cornstarch, glucose, skimmed milk, whey, sodium bicarbonate, ammonium bicarbonate, egg yolk powder, iodized salt, soya lecithin, artificial flavor), butter cream (sugar, vegetable fat (palm, BHA, BHT), skimmed milk, dextrose, cornstarch, soya lecithin, iodized salt, artificial flavor, BHT, BHA), blueberry jelly (high fructose glucose, sugar, glycerine, citric acid, potassium citrate, pectin, artificial flavor, natural fruit juice, fd&c red #40, fd&c blue #1)

Additives: E129 Allura red , E133 Brilliant blue FCF , E320 Butylated hydroxyanisole (bha) , E321 Butylated hydroxytoluene , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid , E332 Potassium citrates , E332ii Tripotassium citrate , E422 Glycerol , E440 Pectins , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate , E503 Ammonium carbonates , E503ii Ammonium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

BISCUIT BASE {WHEAT FLOUR, VEGETABLE FAT (PALM, ANTIOXIDANTS (BHA, BHT)], SUGAR, CORNSTARCH, GLUCOSE, SKIMMED MILK, WHEY, RAISING AGENTS (SODIUM BICARBONATE, AMMONIUM BICARBONATE), EGG YOLK POWDER, IODIZED SALT, EMULSIFIER (SOYA LECITHIN), ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR}, BUTTER CREAM {SUGAR, VEGETABLE FAT [PALM, ANTIOXIDANTS (BHA, BHT)], SKIMMED MILK, DEXTROSE, CORNSTARCH, EMULSIFIER (SOYA LECITHIN), IODIZED SALT, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, ANTIOXIDANTS (BHT, BHA)} AND BLUEBERRY JELLY [HIGH FRUCTOSE GLUCOSE, SUGAR, HUMECTANT (GLYCERINE), ACIDITY REGULATORS (CITRIC ACID, POTASSIUM CITRATE), GELLING AGENT (PECTIN), ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, NATURAL FRUIT JUICE, ARTIFICIAL COLORS (FD&C RED #40, FD&C BLUE #1)]

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.

  • E129 Allura red Allura red AC is a synthetic red azo dye (FD&C Red No. 40 in the US).
  • E133 Brilliant blue FCF Brilliant blue FCF is a synthetic blue dye, listed in the US as FD&C Blue No. 1.
  • 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.
  • E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
  • 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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • 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.
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.

  • 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.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 25 sandwich biscuits

From least to most processed, this one ranks 25th. 96% of the sandwich 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 25 sandwich biscuits, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4800016113055, last edited 16 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.