Is Mr. Organic Digestive biscuits with chocolate chips ultra-processed?

250g Chocolate 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

19 ingredients
4 additives
Nutri-Score E

Less processed chocolate biscuits

Choco Chip Biscuits Gullón 1 ingredient · no additives NOVA group 3
Chocolate Gingers Island Bakery 22 ingredients · 2 additives NOVA group 3
Oat Crumbles Island Bakery 14 ingredients · 2 additives NOVA group 3
Duchy Organic Stem Ginger Biscuits Coated in Dark Chocolate Duchy Organic 20 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, sunflower oil (processing marker), chocolate chips 14% (cane sugar (processing marker), cocoa mass, cocoa butter (processing marker), sunflower lecithin), whole wheat flour 14%, cane sugar (processing marker), oat flakes, Fa glucose syrup, barley malt extract, ammonium carbonate, sodium carbonate, salt (processing marker), natural olive flavouring, natural orange flavouring (ultra-processing marker), N T, Fi Pr Sa

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

As written on the pack

Wheat flour*, sunflower oil*, chocolate chips* 14% (cane sugar*, cocoa mass*, cocoa butter*, emulsifier: sunflower lecithin*), whole wheat flour* 14%, cane sugar*, oat flakes flour*, Fa glucose syrup*, barley malt extract*, raising agents: ammonium carbonate, sodium carbonate, salt, natural olive flavouring, natural orange flavouring. *From organic agriculture. N T - For allergens, see ingredients in bold. ET May contain traces of nuts, soy, eggs, milk. Fi Pr Sa

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.

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.

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.
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 301 chocolate biscuits

From least to most processed, this one ranks 22nd. 95% of the chocolate 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 301 chocolate biscuits, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060178074154, last edited 22 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.