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Is Member's Mark OATful BITES ultra-processed?

26 g Biscuits Sold in the United States

Pack of Member's Mark OATful BITES

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:

  • 29 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

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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

rolled oats, oat flour, invert cane sugar, dried apricots, sulfur dioxide, OIL, butter, natural flavor, cream, natural preservative, rice flour, canola oil, raisins, flax seeds, sunflower seeds, granulated sugar, coconut, honey, quinoa, chia seeds, salt, baking soda, vanilla flavor, Coconut, Made in a facility that also handles eggs, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, and soy

Additives: E220 Sulphur dioxide , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

ROLLED OATS, OAT FLOUR, INVERT CANE SUGAR, DRIED APRICOTS, SULFUR DIOXIDE, OIL, BUTTER, NATURAL FLAVOR, CREAM, NATURAL PRESERVATIVE, RICE FLOUR, EXPELLER PRESSED CANOLA OIL, RAISINS, FLAX SEEDS, SUNFLOWER SEEDS, GRANULATED SUGAR, SHREDDED COCONUT, HONEY, QUINOA, CHIA SEEDS, SALT, BAKING SODA, VANILLA FLAVOR. Contains: Milk, Coconut. Made in a facility that also handles eggs, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, and soy.

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.
6 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.

  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • 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 1,514 biscuits

From least to most processed, this one ranks 512th. 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 0193968475031, last edited 14 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.