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Is Dewey's Bakery Meyer Lemon Thin Cookies ultra-processed?

255g Biscuits Sold in the United States

Pack of Dewey's Bakery Meyer Lemon Thin Cookies

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:

  • 21 ingredients
  • 2 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

flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), cane sugar, palm oil, eggs, water, baking soda, meyer lemon oil, salt, nonfat milk, natural flavors, and LEMON ZEST, manufactured on shared equipment that processes peanuts, sesame seeds, SOY, tree nuts

Additives: E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

UNBLEACHED ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN AND FOLIC ACID), CANE SUGAR, PALM OIL, EGGS, WATER, BAKING SODA, MEYER LEMON OIL, SALT, NONFAT MILK, NATURAL FLAVORS, AND LEMON ZEST. CONTAINS EGG, MILK, WHEAT. MANUFACTURED ON SHARED EQUIPMENT THAT PROCESSES PEANUTS, SESAME SEEDS, SOY, TREE NUTS.

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.

  • 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 349th. 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 0763027701892, last edited 17 January 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.