Is Lotus Biscoff XL - 250g ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 10 ingredients
- No additives
Less processed sweet snacks
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Wheat, flour, sugar (processing marker), vegetable oils (processing marker), candy sugar (processing marker), raising agent, soya flour, salt (processing marker), cinnamon, palm oil
As written on the pack
Wheat, flour, sugar, vegetable oils, candy sugar syrup, raising agent, soya flour, salt, cinnamon, palm oil
What makes it processed
Culinary ingredients
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.
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.
Among 1,514 biscuits
From least to most processed, this one ranks 90th. 83% of the biscuits here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5410126016147, last edited 29 February 2024), 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.
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.