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Is Lu Extra Dark Chocolate Cookies ultra-processed?

Biscuits Sold in the United States

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:

  • 34 ingredients
  • 6 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed 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

Bittersweet chocolate (chocolate, sugar, cocoa butter, milkfat, soy lecithin), wheat flour, sugar, butterfat, nonfat milk, salt, leavening (baking soda, sodium acid pyrophosphate), manufactured on equipment that processes tree nuts.ingrã‰dients (chocolat mi-amer, chocolat), sucre, beurre de cacao, matiãˆre grasse du lait, lã‰cithine de soja, farine de blã‰, sucre, matiãˆre grasse butyrique, lait ã‰crã‰mã‰, sel, agent levant (bicarbonate de sodium, pyrophosphate acide de sodium), contient (lait), soja, blã‰, produit fabriqu㉠sur de l’ã‰quipement transformant des noix

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E450 Diphosphates , E450i Disodium diphosphate , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

Bittersweet chocolate (chocolate, sugar, cocoa butter, milkfat, soy lecithin), wheat flour, sugar, butterfat, nonfat milk, salt, leavening (baking soda, sodium acid pyrophosphate). contains: milk, soy, wheat. manufactured on equipment that processes tree nuts.ingrã‰dients : chocolat mi-amer (chocolat, sucre, beurre de cacao, matiãˆre grasse du lait, lã‰cithine de soja), farine de blã‰, sucre, matiãˆre grasse butyrique, lait ã‰crã‰mã‰, sel, agent levant (bicarbonate de sodium, pyrophosphate acide de sodium). contient : lait, soja, blã‰. produit fabriqu㉠sur de l’ã‰quipement transformant des noix.

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.
  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
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.
  • 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 588th. 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 0694990013500, last edited 16 July 2021), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • 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.