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Is McVitie's Hobnobs Havre ultra-processed?

300 g Plain rolled oats biscuits Sold in Sweden

Pack of McVitie's Hobnobs Havre

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 9 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed oatmeal 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

havregryn 38%, fullkornsvetemjöl 23%, socker, palmolja, delvis inverterad sockersirap, bakpulver (natriumkarbonat, ammoniumkarbonat), salt

Additives: E500 Sodium carbonates , E500i Sodium carbonate , E503 Ammonium carbonates , E503i Ammonium carbonate

As written on the pack

havregryn (38%), fullkornsvetemjöl (23%), socker, palmolja, delvis inverterad sockersirap, bakpulver (natriumkarbonat, ammoniumkarbonat), salt.

What makes it ultra-processed

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.
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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 8 plain rolled oats biscuits

From least to most processed, this one ranks 4th. 88% of the plain rolled oats 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 8 plain rolled oats biscuits, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000396036602, last edited 2 April 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.