Is Maryland Chocolate Chip Cookies ultra-processed?

200 g Cookies with milk chocolate Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
E322 Lecithins
E442 Ammonium phosphatides
E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate

25 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

wheat flour (with calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), chocolate chips 25%, sugar (processing marker), cocoa trnass, vegetable fats (processing marker) (palm, shea, sal), emulsifiers f (soya lecithin (ultra-processing marker), e442 (ultra-processing marker), e476 (ultra-processing marker)), cocoa butter (processing marker), cil, whey orwhey derivatives (mitk), partiaily inverted sugar syrup, sodium bicarbonate, ammonium bicarbonate, salt (processing marker), flavourings (ultra-processing marker)

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E442 Ammonium phosphatides , E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate , E503 Ammonium carbonates , E503ii Ammonium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

wheat flour (with calcium carbonate, iron, niacin and thiamin), chocolate chips 25% (sugar, cocoa trnass, vegetable fats (palm, shea, sal), emulsifiers f(soya lecithin, e442, e476), cocoa butter, cil, whey orwhey derivatives (mitk), partiaily inverted sugar syrup, raising agents (sodium bicarbonate, ammonium bicarbonate), salt, flavourings,

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.
E442 Ammonium phosphatides Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate Polyglycerol polyricinoleate (PGPR) is an emulsifier made from castor oil.
Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

4 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 11 cookies with milk chocolate

From least to most processed, this one ranks 3rd. 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 0072417162985, last edited 3 October 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.