Is Nutella Biscuits ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 32 ingredients
- 8 additives
- Nutri-Score E
Less processed biscuits
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
hazelnut spread with cocoa (sugar (processing marker), palm oil, hazelnuts, skim milk, cocoa, lecithin (ultra-processing marker) (as emulsifier (ultra-processing marker)), vanillin (artificial flavor (ultra-processing marker))), wheat flour, vegetable fats (processing marker), cane sugar (processing marker), lactose (ultra-processing marker), wheat bran, milk powder (processing marker), honey (processing marker), disodium diphosphate (ultra-processing marker), sodium bicarbonate (leavening agent), ammonium bicarbonate (leavening agent), malted barley flour, cocoa, salt (processing marker), malted barley, corn, wheat starch (processing marker), lecithin (ultra-processing marker) (as emulsifier (ultra-processing marker)), vanillin (artificial flavor (ultra-processing marker))
Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E450 Diphosphates , E450i Disodium diphosphate , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate , E503 Ammonium carbonates , E503ii Ammonium hydrogen carbonate
As written on the pack
HAZELNUT SPREAD WITH COCOA (SUGAR, PALM OIL, HAZELNUTS, SKIM MILK, COCOA, LECITHIN (AS EMULSIFIER), VANILLIN (AN ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR)), WHEAT FLOUR, VEGETABLE FATS (PALM, PALM KERNEL), CANE SUGAR, LACTOSE, WHEAT BRAN, MILK POWDER, HONEY, DISODIUM DIPHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE (LEAVENING AGENT), AMMONIUM BICARBONATE (LEAVENING AGENT), MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, COCOA, SALT, EXTRACT OF MALTED BARLEY AND CORN, WHEAT STARCH, LECITHIN (AS EMULSIFIER), VANILLIN: AN ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR.
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.
- Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
- 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.
- Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.
7 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.
- Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
- 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.
- Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.
Among 1,514 biscuits
From least to most processed, this one ranks 1091st. 83% of the biscuits here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0009800830039, last edited 30 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.