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Is Enjoy Life double chocolate softbaked cookies ultra-processed?

6 oz Chocolate biscuits Sold in the United States

Pack of Enjoy Life double chocolate softbaked 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:

  • 25 ingredients
  • 6 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed chocolate 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 blend (brown rice, sorghum, buckwheat), brown sugar, fruit juices (pear, grape), date paste, safflower oil, semisweet chocolate chips (cane sugar, chocolate, cocoa butter), water, natural cocoa powder, brown rice syrup, leavening (baking soda), salt, vanilla extract, natural flavors, xanthan gum, konjac gum, rosemary extract

Additives: E392 Extracts of rosemary , E415 Xanthan gum , E425 Konjac , E425i Konjac gum , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

flour blend (brown rice, sorghum and buckwheat), brown sugar, concentrated fruit juices (pear, grape), date paste, safflower oil, semisweet chocolate chips (cane sugar, unsweetened chocolate, cocoa butter), water, natural cocoa powder, brown rice syrup, leavening (baking soda), salt, vanilla extract, natural flavors, xanthan gum, konjac gum, rosemary extract,

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.

  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • E425 Konjac A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
4 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.
  • 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 301 chocolate biscuits

From least to most processed, this one ranks 66th. 95% of the chocolate 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 301 chocolate biscuits, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0853522000214, last edited 26 December 2022), 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.