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Is Lotte PEPERO White + cookie blanc + biscuit ultra-processed?

32g Chocolate biscuits Sold in Canada, Germany and Hong Kong

Pack of Lotte PEPERO White + cookie blanc + biscuit

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:

  • 90 ingredients
  • 8 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

chocolate i (vegetable oil (palm oil, shea oil, sal oil, ilipe oil), sugar, lactose, full cream milk powder, cocoa butter, lecithin, polyglycerol polyricinoleate, natural vanilla flavor), wheat flour, cookie chips (wheat flour, sugar, palm oil, cocoa powder, glucose-fructose syrup, whey powder, whole milk powder, salt, natural flavor (vanilla), sodium hydrogen carbonate, lecithin), chocolate ii (sugar, vegetable oil (palm oil, shea oil, sal oil, illipe oil), lactose, full cream milk powder, cocoa butter, lecithin, polyglycerol polyricinoleate, natural vanilla flavor), sugar, vegetable shortening (soybean, palm oil, palm olein oil, natural tocopherol), grain product (whole meal (wheat), non-glutinous rice, glutinous rice), egg (liquid whole egg), butter, whole milk powder, malt extract, salt, high fructose corn syrup, sodium phosphate (tribasic), ammonium bicarbonate, sodium bicarbonate, artificial flavors (vanilla), enzyme (papain), yeast allergy (wheat), milk, soybean, egg, coconut net wt, 1‚13 oz, mfg, d, exp, d (shown on the package (day, month, year), keep on a cool and dry place between 18~22 (64~72°f), manufacturerd by lotte confectionery co), ltd, 10 yangpyung-ro 21, youngdeunano-qu, senul, korea (made in korfa)

Additives: E306 Tocopherol-rich extract , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate , E503 Ammonium carbonates , E503ii Ammonium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

chocolate i (vegetable oil(palm oil, shea oil, sal oil, ilipe oil), sugar, lactose, full cream milk powder, cocoa butter, lecithin, polyglycerol polyricinoleate, natural vanilla flavor), wheat flour,cookie chips(wheat flour, sugar, palm oil, cocoa powder, glucose - fructose syrup, whey powder, whole milk powder, salt, natural flavor(vanilla), sodium hydrogen carbonate, lecithin), chocolate ii (sugar, vegetable oil (palm oil, shea oil, sal oil, illipe oil), lactose, full cream milk powder, cocoa butter, lecithin, polyglycerol polyricinoleate, natural vanilla flavor), sugar, vegetable shortening(soybean) (palm oil, palm olein oil, natural tocopherol), grain product (whole meal (wheat), non-glutinous rice, glutinous rice), egg (liquid whole egg), processed butter(milk), whole milk powder(milk), malt extract, salt, high fructose corn syrup, sodium phosphate(tribasic), ammonium bicarbonate , sodium bicarbonate, artificial flavors (vanilla), enzyme (papain), yeast allergy: wheat, milk, soybean, egg/may contains almond, peanut, coconut net wt,:32g (1,13 oz) • mfg,d, exp,d: shown on the package (day/month/year) • keep on a cool and dry place between 18~22 (64~72°f) manufacturerd by lotte confectionery co,, ltd, 10 yangpyung-ro 21, youngdeunano-qu, senul, korea : made in korfa

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.
  • 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.

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.
  • High fructose corn syrup High-fructose corn syrup is made from corn starch: enzymes break it down to glucose and convert part of that into fructose, giving a syrup about as sweet as table sugar.
  • Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.
  • 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.
  • Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
7 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.

  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • 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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • 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 301 chocolate biscuits

From least to most processed, this one ranks 261st. 95% of the chocolate 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 301 chocolate biscuits, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8801062636358, last edited 28 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.