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Is Island Bakery Isle of Mull Cheese Biscuits ultra-processed?

100g Biscuits Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Island Bakery Isle of Mull Cheese Biscuits

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 12 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed sweet snacks

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 (WHEAT flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Butter 34%, Isle of Mull Cheese 18%, Sea Salt, Raising Agent (Ammonium Carbonate, Non)

Additives: E503 Ammonium carbonates , E503i Ammonium carbonate

As written on the pack

WHEAT Flour (WHEAT flour, Calcium Carbonate*, Iron*, Niacin*, Thiamin*), Butter (MILK) 34%, Isle of Mull Cheese (MILK) 18%*, Sea Salt*, Raising Agent: Ammonium Carbonate*. *Non Organic. Made with 80% Organic Ingredients. FOR ALLERGENS SEE INGREDIENTS IN BOLD. MAY CONTAIN SOYA, NUTS AND PEANUTS.

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • 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 188th. 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 5060027071303, last edited 27 March 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.