Is Maryland on.com Mary serving (2 Per serving (2 cookie ultra-processed?

200g Biscuits 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:

Flavouring
Invert sugar
Whey

18 ingredients
No 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

8 with choco Chocolate favoured cookies with INGREDIENTS, wheat flour, Wheat Flour Calcium carbonate, Niac Sugar, Chocolate chips 20%, Sugar (processing marker), Cocoamass, Sustainable palm, Shea (processing marker), Sall, Soya lecit Cocoa butter, Flavourings (ultra-processing marker), Sustainable palm oil, Fat, Partially inverted sugar syrup (ultra-processing marker), Whey (ultra-processing marker), whey Raising agents dicarbonate, Ammonium bi Flavourings ALLERGY ADVICE

As written on the pack

8 with choco Chocolate favoured cookies with INGREDIENTS... wheat flour (Wheat Flour Calcium carbonate, Niac Sugar, Chocolate chips (20%) Sugar, Cocoamass (Sustainable palm, Shea, Sall, Emulsifiers (Soya lecit Cocoa butter, Flavourings), Sustainable palm oil, Fat Powder, Partially inverted sugar syrup. Whey or whey Raising agents dicarbonate. Ammonium bi Flavourings ALLERGY ADVICE

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.

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.

Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
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.

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.

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 1,514 biscuits

From least to most processed, this one ranks 605th. 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 0072417162978, last edited 25 August 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.