Is ONE Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 16 ingredients
- 5 additives
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Protein blend (oh yeah! blend consisting of whey protein isolate, milk protein isolate (ultra-processing marker)), isomalto-oligosaccharides (ultra-processing marker) (prebiotic fiber), maltitol (ultra-processing marker), glycerine (ultra-processing marker), sunflower seed butter, palm kernel oil, cocoa powder (ultra-processing marker), natural flavors (ultra-processing marker), soy lecithin (ultra-processing marker) (an emulsifier (ultra-processing marker)), cocoa butter, salt (processing marker), sucralose (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E422 Glycerol , E955 Sucralose , E965 Maltitol
As written on the pack
Protein blend (oh yeah! blend consisting of whey protein isolate, milk protein isolate), isomalto-oligosaccharides (prebiotic fiber), maltitol, glycerine, sunflower seed butter, palm kernel oil, cocoa powder (processed with alkali), natural flavors, soy lecithin (an emulsifier), cocoa butter, salt and sucralose.
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.
- E422 Glycerol Glycerol is a sweet-tasting liquid used to keep products moist and soft.
- E955 Sucralose Sucralose is a sweetener made by chlorinating sugar.
- E965 Maltitol Maltitol is a sugar alcohol made from starch, used as a sweetener in "no added sugar" sweets and chocolate.
- 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.
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- Sweetener Sweeteners give sweetness with few or no calories, many at hundreds of times the strength of sugar.
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.
- Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
- Cocoa powder An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
1 ingredient 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.
Among 426 protein bars
From least to most processed, this one ranks 341st. 93% of the protein bars here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0788434108812, last edited 4 June 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.
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.