Is Gullón Sugar Free Fibre Biscuits ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 10 ingredients
- 4 additives
- Nutri-Score B
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
whole-wheat flour 57.5%, malitol, high oleic sunflower oil (processing marker) 16.5%, vegetable fibre (ultra-processing marker) 3.5%, pea fibre (ultra-processing marker) 3.5%, sodium, ammonium hydrogen carbonate, soya lecithin (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker), flavours (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E503 Ammonium carbonates , E503ii Ammonium hydrogen carbonate
As written on the pack
whole-wheat flour 57,5%, sweetener (malitol), high oleic sunflower oil 16,5%,vegetable fibre 3,5%, pea fibre 3,5%, raising agents (sodium and ammonium hydrogen carbonate), emulsifier (soya lecithin), salt, flavours.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
3 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.
- 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 87 shortbread cookies
From least to most processed, this one ranks 72nd. 45% of the shortbread cookies here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8410376039733, last edited 7 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.
- NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of B (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.