Is Made Good Soft Baked Mini Cookies Chocolate Chip ultra-processed?

Chocolate biscuits 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:

Flavouring
E422 Glycerol

26 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score E

Less processed chocolate biscuits

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Lärabar 10 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
Crunchy Almond Flour Cookies Double Chocolate Simple Mills 19 ingredients · 5 additives NOVA group 3
Chocolate Chip Crunchy Cookies Partake 19 ingredients · 3 additives NOVA group 3
Chocolatey Chip Graham Snacks Teddy Grahams 17 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3

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

flour blend (oat flour, tapioca flour (processing marker), potato starch (processing marker)), cane sugar syrup, vegetable oils (processing marker) (sustainable palm fruit oil, sunflower oil), chocolate chips (cane sugar (processing marker), cocoa mass, cocoa butter, vanilla), vegetable glycerin (ultra-processing marker), chia, brown sugar (processing marker), baking powder, vanilla flavor (ultra-processing marker), vegetable extracts (spinach, broccoli, carrots, tomatoes, beets, shiitake mushrooms), sea salt (processing marker)

Additives: E422 Glycerol

As written on the pack

Gluten free flour blend* (oat flour*, tapioca flour*, potato starch*), cane sugar syrup*, vegetable oils* (sustainable palm fruit oil*, sunflower oil*), chocolate chips* (cane sugar*, cocoa mass*, cocoa butter*, vanilla*), vegetable glycerin*, chia*, brown sugar*, baking powder, vanilla flavor, vegetable extracts (spinach, broccoli, carrots, tomatoes, beets, shiitake mushrooms), sea salt.

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.

E422 Glycerol Glycerol is a sweet-tasting liquid used to keep products moist and soft.
Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

5 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.
Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 301 chocolate biscuits

From least to most processed, this one ranks 26th. 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 0687456283159, last edited 20 May 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.