Is M&s Food Extra Cream Bourbon Creams ultra-processed?

Biscuit (cookie) snack w chocolate filling Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

E322 Lecithins

6 ingredients
3 additives
Nutri-Score E

Less processed biscuit (cookie) snack w chocolate filling

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

Sugar Palm Oil Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder Dried Whey, e503, Sodium Bicarbonate Emulsifier (Soya Lecithin (ultra-processing marker), Salt Flavourings, 165ge M 2936)

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E503 Ammonium carbonates

As written on the pack

Wheatflour contains Gluten (with Wheatflour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, • Thiamin) Sugar Palm Oil Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder Dried Whey (Milk) Raising Agent: E503, Sodium Bicarbonate Emulsifier: Soya Lecithin. Salt Flavourings. • For allergens see ingredients in bold. Suitable for vegetarians 165ge M 2936

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.

1 ingredient that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 23 biscuit (cookie) snack w chocolate filling

From least to most processed, this one ranks 3rd. 91% of the biscuit (cookie) snack w chocolate filling 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 23 biscuit (cookie) snack w chocolate filling, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 29369850, last edited 26 September 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.