Is Fibre One Calorie Chocolate Fudge Brownies ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 34 ingredients
- 10 additives
- Nutri-Score E
Less processed brownies
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
chicory root, wheat flour, sugar (processing marker), chocolate flavour fudge pieces (sugar (processing marker), vegetable oils (processing marker) (palm kernel vegetable oils, palm vegetable oils), shea (processing marker), cocoa powder, whole milk powder (processing marker), soy lecithin (ultra-processing marker)), cocoa powder, fructose (ultra-processing marker), vegetable oils (processing marker) (palm vegetable oils, palm kernel vegetable oils), shea (processing marker), wheat fibre (ultra-processing marker), glycerol (ultra-processing marker), sunflower oil (processing marker), water, egg white powder, sodium acid pyrophosphate (ultra-processing marker), sodium bicarbonate, corn starch (processing marker), natural flavouring (ultra-processing marker), natural vanilla flavouring (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker), xanthan gum (ultra-processing marker), locust bean gum (ultra-processing marker), soy lecithin (ultra-processing marker), whole milk powder (processing marker), tocopherol-rich extract
Additives: E306 Tocopherol-rich extract , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E410 Locust bean gum , E415 Xanthan gum , E422 Glycerol , E450 Diphosphates , E450i Disodium diphosphate , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate
As written on the pack
chicory root extract, wheat flour, sugar, chocolate flavour fudge pieces (sugar, vegetable oils: palm kernel, palm, shea, cocoa powder, whole milk powder, emulsifier: soy lecithin), cocoa powder, fructose, vegetable oils: palm, palm kernel, shea, wheat fibre, humectant: glycerol, sunflower oil, water, egg white powder, raising agents: sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, corn starch, natural flavouring, natural vanilla flavouring, salt, thickeners: xanthan gum , locust bean gum, emulsifier: soy lecithin, whole milk powder, antioxidant: tocopherol-rich 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.
- E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
- 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.
- 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.
7 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.
- Vegetable fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
- 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.
- Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.
Among 29 brownies
From least to most processed, this one ranks 18th. 93% of the brownies here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8410076620002, last edited 17 March 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.