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Is fibre 1 BROWNIES CHOCOLATEY FUDGE ultra-processed?

125 g Brownies Sold in Canada and France

Pack of fibre 1 BROWNIES CHOCOLATEY 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:

  • 36 ingredients
  • 10 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

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

ingredients enriched wheat flour chicory root extract (inulin fibre), icing sugar, chocolate flavoured drops (sugar, palm kernel oil, cocoa, soy lecithin, natural flavour, milk ingredient, salt), cocoa, fructose, sugarcane fibre, palm, high monounsaturated canola oil shortening, sugar, glycerin, OIL (palm kernel oil, palm oil), S, water, canola oil, natural flavour, salt, baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, modified corn starch, egg white, soy lecithin, milk ingredients, xanthan gum, locust bean gum, citric acid, rosemary extract

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid , E392 Extracts of rosemary , E410 Locust bean gum , E415 Xanthan gum , E422 Glycerol , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate , E541 Sodium aluminium phosphate

As written on the pack

INGREDIENTS ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR CHICORY ROOT EXTRACT (INULIN FIBRE), ICING SUGAR, CHOCOLATE FLAVOURED DROPS (SUGAR, PALM KERNEL OIL, COCOA, SOY LECITHIN, NATURAL FLAVOUR, MILK INGREDIENT, SALT), COCOA, FRUCTOSE, SUGARCANE FIBRE, PALM AND HIGH MONOUNSATURATED CANOLA OIL SHORTENING, SUGAR, GLYCERIN, PALM KERNEL AND PALM OILS, WATER, CANOLA OIL, NATURAL FLAVOUR, SALT, BAKING SODA, SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, DRIED EGG WHITE, SOY LECITHIN, MILK INGREDIENTS, XANTHAN GUM, LOCUST BEAN GUM, CITRIC ACID, 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.

  • 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.
  • E410 Locust bean gum Locust bean gum (carob gum) is a thickener and stabiliser from the seeds of the carob tree.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • E422 Glycerol Glycerol is a sweet-tasting liquid used to keep products moist and soft.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

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.

  • Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
  • 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.
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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • 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 29 brownies

From least to most processed, this one ranks 20th. 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 0065633432055, last edited 22 May 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.