Is Marabou Mjölk choklad XL cookies ultra-processed?

184g Cookies with milk chocolate Sold in Sweden and Germany

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
Whey
E160a Carotene
E450 Diphosphates

15 ingredients
8 additives
Nutri-Score E

Less processed chocolate chip cookies

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

Socker (processing marker), vetemjöl, palmolja, helmjölkspulver (processing marker), kakaomassa, kakaosmör (processing marker), vasslepulver (ultra-processing marker), bakpulver (ammoniumvätekarbonat, natriumvätekarbonat, dinatriumdifosfat (ultra-processing marker)), salt (processing marker), sojalecitiner, aromer (ultra-processing marker), betakaroten (ultra-processing marker)

Additives: E160a Carotene , E160ai Beta-carotene , E450 Diphosphates , E450i Disodium diphosphate , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate , E503 Ammonium carbonates , E503ii Ammonium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

Socker, vetemjöl, palmolja, helmjölkspulver, kakaomassa, kakaosmör, vasslepulver (mjölk), bakpulver (ammoniumvätekarbonat, natriumvätekarbonat, dinatriumdifosfat), salt, emulgeringsmedel (sojalecitiner), aromer, färgämne (betakaroten).

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.

E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.

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.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Vegetable fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.
Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 11 cookies with milk chocolate

From least to most processed, this one ranks 2nd. 100% of the cookies with milk chocolate 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 11 cookies with milk chocolate, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7622300589882, last edited 22 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.