Is Ferrero strawberry jammie dodgers ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 26 ingredients
- 10 additives
Less processed biscuits
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NOVA group
3
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, niacin, iron, thiamin), strawberry flavour apple jam 27% (glucose-fructose syrup (ultra-processing marker), apples, sugar (processing marker), glycerol (ultra-processing marker), citric acid, sodium citrates, pectin (ultra-processing marker), flavourings (ultra-processing marker), anthocyanins (ultra-processing marker)), vegetable oils (processing marker) (sustainable palm, rapeseed), sugar (processing marker), partially inverted sugar syrup (ultra-processing marker), beetroot red (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker), flavourings (ultra-processing marker), sodium bicarbonate, ammonium bicarbonate
Additives: E162 Beetroot red , E163 Anthocyanins , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E422 Glycerol , E440 Pectins , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate , E503 Ammonium carbonates , E503ii Ammonium hydrogen carbonate
As written on the pack
wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, niacin, iron and thiamin), strawberry flavour apple jam (27%) (glucose-fructose syrup, apples (sulphites), sugar, humectant (glycerol), acid (citric acid), acidity regulator (sodium citrates), gelling agent (pectin), flavourings, colour (anthocyanins)), vegetable oils (sustainable palm, rapeseed), sugar, partially inverted sugar syrup, colour (beetroot red), salt, flavourings, raising agents (sodium bicarbonate, ammonium bicarbonate).
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.
- E162 Beetroot red Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
- E163 Anthocyanins Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
- 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.
- Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
- Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
- Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
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.
Among 1,514 biscuits
From least to most processed, this one ranks 1358th. 83% of the biscuits here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0072417328985, last edited 12 August 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.
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.