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Is Gerber Graduates arrowroot cookies imp ultra-processed?

155 Biscuits Sold in the United States and France

Pack of Gerber Graduates arrowroot cookies imp

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

Less processed 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 (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thìamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), cane sugar, high oleic sunflower oil, arrowroot flour, whey (from milk), invert sugar, less than 1% of (natural vor), leavening (baking soda, sodium d pyrophosphate, calcium phosphate), sunflower lecithin, vitamins, minerals (iron (ferric orthophosphate)), vitamin e alpha tocopheryl acetate

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E341 Calcium phosphates , E450 Diphosphates , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E450 Diphosphates, Starch.

As written on the pack

enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thìamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), cane sugar, high oleic sunflower oil, arrowroot flour, whey (from milk), invert sugar, less than 1% of: natural vor, leavening (baking soda, sodium d pyrophosphate, calcium phosphate), sunflower lecithin, vitamins and minerals: iron (ferric orthophosphate), vitamin e alpha tocopheryl acetate) contains: wheat, milk

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.
  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.

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.

  • Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
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.

  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • 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 1,514 biscuits

From least to most processed, this one ranks 896th. 83% of the 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 1,514 biscuits, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0015000005962, last edited 28 July 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.