Is Harvest Morn 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:
- 36 ingredients
- 10 additives
- Nutri-Score D
Less processed brownies
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Wheat flour, fructo-oligosaccharides (ultra-processing marker), chocolate chunks 11% (sugar (processing marker), cocoa mass, cocoa butter (processing marker), polyglycerol polyricinoleate (ultra-processing marker), sunflower lecithin (ultra-processing marker), flavouring (ultra-processing marker)), sugar (processing marker), glycerol (ultra-processing marker), wheat fibre (ultra-processing marker), fructose (ultra-processing marker), chocolate flavour drizzle 2% (sugar (processing marker), palm fat, water, fat reduced cocoa powder, soya lecithin (ultra-processing marker), polyglycerol polyricinoleate (ultra-processing marker), flavouring (ultra-processing marker)), palm oil, egg white, cocoa powder, glucose syrup (ultra-processing marker), rapeseed oil, fat reduced cocoa powder, diphosphates (ultra-processing marker), ammonium carbonates, sodium carbonates, wheat gluten (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker), mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids (ultra-processing marker), xanthan gum (ultra-processing marker), locust bean gum (ultra-processing marker), flavouring (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E410 Locust bean gum , E415 Xanthan gum , E422 Glycerol , E450 Diphosphates , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate , E500 Sodium carbonates , E503 Ammonium carbonates
As written on the pack
Wheat flour, fructo-oligosaccharides, chocolate chunks (11%) (sugar, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, emulsifiers: polyglycerol polyricinoleate, sunflower lecithin; flavouring), sugar, humectant: glycerol, wheat fibre, fructose, chocolate flavour drizzle (2%) (sugar, palm fat, water, fat reduced cocoa powder, emulsifiers: soya lecithin, polyglycerol polyricinoleate, flavouring), palm oil, egg white, cocoa powder, glucose syrup, rapeseed oil, fat reduced cocoa powder, raising agents: diphosphates, ammonium carbonates, sodium carbonates, wheat gluten, salt, emulsifiers: mono - and diglycerides of fatty acids, thickeners: xanthan gum, locust bean gum, flavouring
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.
- E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
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- E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate Polyglycerol polyricinoleate (PGPR) is an emulsifier made from castor oil.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
- Sweetener Sweeteners give sweetness with few or no calories, many at hundreds of times the strength of sugar.
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.
- Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
- Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
- Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
- 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.
- Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
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.
- Vegetable fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
- Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.
Among 29 brownies
From least to most processed, this one ranks 28th. 93% of the brownies here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600188850, last edited 16 September 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.