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Is Mother Earth Oaty Slices ultra-processed?

6 x 240 g Oatmeal biscuits Sold in Australia, New Zealand and France

Pack of Mother Earth Oaty Slices

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:

  • 23 ingredients
  • 5 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

Oats 34%, Dark Chocolate 18% (Sugar, Cocoa Solids (Cocoa Mass, Cocoa Butter), Soy Lecithin, Natural Flavour, Milk), Invert Sugar, Wheat Flour, Butter 8% (Cream, Salt), Brown Sugar, Desiccated Coconut, Whole Egg Powder, Baking Powder (Raising Agents, Wheat), Wheat Bran, Dark Chocolate, Contains 46% Cocoa Solids

Additives: E223 Sodium metabisulphite , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E450 Diphosphates , E500 Sodium carbonates

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E450 Diphosphates.

As written on the pack

Wholegrain Oats 34%, Dark Chocolate 18% (Sugar, Cocoa Solids (Cocoa Mass, Cocoa Butter), Emulsifier (Soy Lecithin), Natural Flavour, Milk), Invert Sugar, Wheat Flour, Butter 8% (Cream (Milk), Salt), Brown Sugar, Desiccated Coconut (Preservative (223 (Contains Sulphites))), Whole Egg Powder, Baking Powder (Raising Agents (500, 450), Wheat), Wheat Bran. Dark Chocolate Contains 46% Cocoa Solids.

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.
  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
  • 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.
5 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.
  • 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 24 oatmeal biscuits

From least to most processed, this one ranks 22nd. 63% of the oatmeal 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 24 oatmeal biscuits, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 9416050902651, last edited 29 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.