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Is ICA Digestive Doppade I Choklad ultra-processed?

Digestives covered with chocolate Sold in Sweden

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:

  • 24 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed chocolate 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

Vetemjöl, mjölkchoklad 30% (socker, kakaosmör, kakaomassa, skummjölkspulver, vasslepulver, mjölkfett, fett (palmolja, shea, sal), emulgeringsmedel (sojalecitin, e476), naturlig vaniljarom), palmolja fullkornsvetemjöl, socker, invertsockersirap, bakpulver (e500, e330, e503), salt

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate , E500 Sodium carbonates , E503 Ammonium carbonates

As written on the pack

Vetemjöl, mjölkchoklad 30% (socker, kakaosmör, kakaomassa, skummjölkspulver, vasslepulver (mjölk), mjölkfett, vegetabiliskt fett (palmolja, shea, sal), emulgeringsmedel (sojalecitin, E476), naturlig vaniljarom), palmolja fullkornsvetemjöl, socker, invertsockersirap, bakpulver (E500, E330, E503), salt

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.

  • E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate Polyglycerol polyricinoleate (PGPR) is an emulsifier made from castor oil.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
  • 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.

  • 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.
5 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.
  • 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 21 digestives covered with chocolate

From least to most processed, this one ranks 6th. 100% of the digestives covered with chocolate 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 21 digestives covered with chocolate, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7318690500285, last edited 2 April 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • 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.