Is Lotus Biscoff cookie butter ultra-processed?

30 g Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

E322 Lecithins

17 ingredients
5 additives
Nutri-Score E

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

biscoff cookies (wheat flour, sugar (processing marker), vegetable oils (processing marker) (CONTAINS ONE and MORE OF SOY BEAN OIL, sunflower oil, canola oil, palm oil), soy flour, brown sugar (processing marker), sodium bicarbonate (leavening), salt (processing marker), cinnamon), canola oil, sugar lecithin, citric acid

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E322 Lecithins.

As written on the pack

BISCOFF COOKIES (WHEAT FLOUR, SUGAR, VEGETABLE OILS (CONTAINS ONE OR MORE OF SOY BEAN OIL, SUNFLOWER OIL, CANOLA OIL, PALM OIL), SOY FLOUR, BROWN SUGAR, SODIUM BICARBONATE (LEAVENING), SALT, CINNAMON), CANOLA OIL, SUGAR LECITHIN, CITRIC ACID.

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.

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.

Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0021788516941, last edited 5 November 2025), 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.