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Is Newtons 100% Whole Grain Wheat Fig Fruit Chewy Cookies ultra-processed?

10 oz, 283 g Biscuits Sold in the United States

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
  • 8 additives

Less processed 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

wheat flour, figs, sugar, corn syrup, invert sugar, soybean, canola oil, soluble corn fiber, palm oil, oat fiber, salt, resistant corn maltodextrin, baking soda, calcium lactate, malic acid, soy lecithin, sodium benzoate (added to preserve freshness), NATURAL and ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, sulfur dioxide (added to preserve freshness), wheat, SOY

Additives: E211 Sodium benzoate , E220 Sulphur dioxide , E296 Malic acid , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E327 Calcium lactate , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

WHOLE GRAIN WHEAT FLOUR, FIGS, SUGAR, CORN SYRUP, INVERT SUGAR, SOYBEAN AND/OR CANOLA OIL, SOLUBLE CORN FIBER, PALM OIL, OAT FIBER, SALT, RESISTANT CORN MALTODEXTRIN, BAKING SODA, CALCIUM LACTATE, MALIC ACID, SOY LECITHIN, SODIUM BENZOATE (ADDED TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS), NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, SULFUR DIOXIDE [(SULFITES) ADDED TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS], WHEAT, 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.

  • 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.
  • E327 Calcium lactate Thickeners are substances which increase the viscosity of a foodstuff.
  • 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.
  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
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 1,514 biscuits

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1085th. 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 0044000046484, last edited 25 February 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.