Is Newtons - Strawberry ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 29 ingredients
- 7 additives
- Nutri-Score D
Less processed biscuits
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
invert sugar (ultra-processing marker), wheat flour, sugar (processing marker), enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate (vitamin b1), riboflavin, folic acid), strawberry puree, corn syrup, inulin (ultra-processing marker), apple, soybean, canola oil, modified cornstarch (ultra-processing marker), modified tapioca starch (ultra-processing marker), palm oil, citric acid, pectin (ultra-processing marker), natural flavor (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker), black carrot concentrate (for color (ultra-processing marker)), baking soda, soy lecithin (ultra-processing marker), sodium benzoate
Additives: E211 Sodium benzoate , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid , E440 Pectins , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate
As written on the pack
INVERT SUGAR, WHOLE GRAIN WHEAT FLOUR, SUGAR, ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE [VITAMIN B1], RIBOFLAVIN [VITAMIN B2], FOLIC ACID), STRAWBERRY PUREE, CORN SYRUP, INULIN, APPLE POWDER, SOYBEAN AND/OR CANOLA OIL, MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, MODIFIED TAPIOCA STARCH, PALM OIL, CITRIC ACID, PECTIN, NATURAL FLAVOR, SALT, BLACK CARROT CONCENTRATE (FOR COLOR), BAKING SODA, SOY LECITHIN, SODIUM BENZOATE.
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.
- E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
- Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
- Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.
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.
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.
Among 1,514 biscuits
From least to most processed, this one ranks 1281st. 83% of the biscuits here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0044000046507, last edited 7 July 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.