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Is Fiber One Brownies Chocolate Fudge ultra-processed?

5.34 oz (151 g) Brownies Sold in the United States and Mexico

Pack of Fiber One Brownies Chocolate Fudge

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:

  • 24 ingredients
  • 10 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed brownies

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

Chicory Root, Erythritol, Wheat Flour, Dutch Cocoa, Vegetable Glycerin, Canola Oil, Sugar, Sugarcane Fiber, Palm Kernel, Palm Oil, Polydextrose, Sorbitol, Calcium Caseinate, Whey Protein, Cocoa, Leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate), Natural Flavor, Egg White, Salt, Soy Lecithin, Milk Powder, Stevia Leaf Extract

Additives: E1200 Polydextrose , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E420 Sorbitol , E422 Glycerol , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate , E541 Sodium aluminium phosphate , E960 Steviol glycosides , E968 Erythritol

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E422 Glycerol.

As written on the pack

Chicory Root Extract, Erythritol, Wheat Flour Bleached, Dutch Cocoa (processed with alkali), Vegetable Glycerin, Canola Oil, Sugar, Sugarcane Fiber, Palm Kernel and Palm Oil, Polydextrose, Sorbitol, Calcium Caseinate, Whey Protein Concentrate, Cocoa, Leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate), Natural Flavor, Egg White, Salt, Soy Lecithin, Milk Powder, Stevia Leaf 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.

  • 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.
  • E420 Sorbitol Sorbitol is a sugar alcohol used as a sweetener and to keep products moist.
  • E422 Glycerol Glycerol is a sweet-tasting liquid used to keep products moist and soft.
  • E960 Steviol glycosides Steviol glycosides are sweet compounds extracted and purified from the leaves of the stevia plant.
  • E968 Erythritol Humectants are substances which prevent foods from drying out by counteracting the effect of an atmosphere having a low degree of humidity, or promote the dissolution of a powder in an aqueous medium.
  • 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.

  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
  • Dutch Cocoa An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
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.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.
  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 29 brownies

From least to most processed, this one ranks 22nd. 93% of the brownies 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 29 brownies, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0016000423718, last edited 7 June 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.