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Is Heinz Mango and apricot biscotti ultra-processed?

60g Dry biscuits Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Heinz Mango and apricot biscotti

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:

  • 21 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed dry 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

Wheat Flour, Sugar, Sustainable Palm Oil, Soluble Fibre, Skimmed Milk Powder, Mango Puree 4%, Aprico P Barley Malt Extract, Ammonium Bicarbona Diphosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Calcium Carbonate, Not Flavourings, Iron Fumarate, Zinc Sulphate, Niacin, vitamins, E Thiamin, Vitamin B6, Vitamin A, Folic Acid, Vitamin K, Vimin Bi Use as part of a varied weaning diet

Additives: E450 Diphosphates , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

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

As written on the pack

Wheat Flour, Sugar, Sustainable Palm Oil, Soluble Fibre, Skimmed Milk Powder, Mango Puree (4%), Aprico P Barley Malt Extract, Raising Agents (Ammonium Bicarbona Diphosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate), Calcium Carbonate, Not Flavourings, Iron Fumarate, Zinc Sulphate, Niacin, Vitamin E Thiamin, Vitamin B6, Vitamin A, Folic Acid, Vitamin K. Vimin Bi Use as part of a varied weaning diet. Suitable for vegetarians.

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.

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

  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 68 dry biscuits

From least to most processed, this one ranks 17th. 84% of the dry 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 68 dry biscuits, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000157075024, last edited 6 June 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.