Is Nairn's Stem Ginger Oat Biscuits ultra-processed?

200 g Dry biscuits Sold in the United Kingdom, the United States and New Zealand

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Invert sugar

14 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score D

Less processed dry 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 64%, Brown Sugar (processing marker), Sustainable Palm Fruit Oil, Stem Ginger 6.3% (Stem Ginger, Sugar (processing marker)), Dietary Fibre (Oligofructose), Ground Ginger, Partially Inverted Refiners Syrup (ultra-processing marker), Barley Malt Syrup, Raising Agent (Sodium Carbonates), Sea Salt (processing marker)

Additives: E500 Sodium carbonates

As written on the pack

Wholegrain Oats (64%), Brown Sugar, Sustainable Palm Fruit Oil, Stem Ginger (6.3%) (Stem Ginger, Sugar), Dietary Fibre (Oligofructose), Ground Ginger, Partially Inverted Refiners Syrup, Barley Malt Syrup, Raising Agent: Sodium Carbonates, Sea Salt. May contain traces of milk.

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 68 dry biscuits

From least to most processed, this one ranks 12th. 84% of the dry 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 68 dry biscuits, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0061232201047, last edited 17 May 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.