Is Misura Dolcesenza Digestive Light ultra-processed?

250g Shortbread cookies Sold in the United Kingdom, France and 2 more countries

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Glucose
Fructose
E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

12 ingredients
4 additives
Nutri-Score D

Less processed shortbread cookies

Shortbread Fingers Walker’s 9 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
All butter shortbread fingers Tesco 10 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
All Butter Scottish Shortbread Fingers Marks & Spencer 7 ingredients · 2 additives NOVA group 3
SHORTBREAD all butter fingers Sainsbury's 13 ingredients · 2 additives NOVA group 3

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 60%, sugar (processing marker), wheat flour 13%, vegetable oil (processing marker) (sunflower vegetable oil), glucose-fructose syrup (ultra-processing marker), sodium bicarbonate, malic acid, e472e (ultra-processing marker) (sunflower, palm), salt (processing marker)

Additives: E296 Malic acid , E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

WHEAT FLOUR (60%), SUGAR, WHOLEMEAL WHEAT FLOUR (13%), VEGETABLE OIL (SUNFLOWER), GLUCOSE-FRUCTOSE SYRUP, RAISING AGENTS (SODIUM BICARBONATE, MALIC ACID), EMULSIFIER [E472e (SUNFLOWER, PALM)], SALT. CONTAINS: GLUTEN MAY ALSO CONTAIN MILK.

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.

E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids 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.

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.

Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.

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 oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 87 shortbread cookies

From least to most processed, this one ranks 73rd. 45% of the shortbread cookies 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 87 shortbread cookies, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000396008784, last edited 13 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 D (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.