Is Jammie Dodgers minis ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 23 ingredients
- 6 additives
- Nutri-Score E
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NOVA group
3
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
we'd lave ar f with co ar tales of wheat flour, raspberry flavour plum jam 23% (glucose-fructose syrup (ultra-processing marker), plums, glycerol (ultra-processing marker), sugar (processing marker), pectins (ultra-processing marker), sodium citrates, citric acid, anthocyanins (ultra-processing marker), flavourings (ultra-processing marker)), sustainable palm oil, sugar (processing marker), glucose syrup (ultra-processing marker), ammonium carbonates, salt (processing marker), uk (burton's 3 po box 145), 8i 824 8wr, eurton's f ut5, astublin o allergy advice for allergens, incdluding cereals containing gluten, www.burtor
Additives: E163 Anthocyanins , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E422 Glycerol , E440 Pectins , E503 Ammonium carbonates
As written on the pack
we'd lave ar f with co ar tales of wheat flour, raspberry flavour plum jam (23%) (glucose-fructose syrup, plums, humectant (glycerol), sugar, gelling agent (pectins), acidity regulator (sodium citrates), acid (citric acid), colour (anthocyanins), flavourings), sustainable palm oil, sugar, glucose syrup, raising agent (ammonium carbonates), salt. uk: burton's 3 po box 145, 8i 824 8wr. eurton's f ut5, 3 l astublin o allergy advice for allergens, incdluding cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold. may also contain egg, nuts, milk and sulphites. 401516 www.burtor
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.
- E163 Anthocyanins Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
- E422 Glycerol Glycerol is a sweet-tasting liquid used to keep products moist and soft.
- E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
- 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.
- 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.
- Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
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.
Among 1,514 biscuits
From least to most processed, this one ranks 1261st. 83% of the biscuits here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0072417171338, last edited 1 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 E (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.