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Is Original Oreo ultra-processed?

396 Chocolate sandwich cookies Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Original Oreo

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:

  • 15 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed filled 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

blé flour, sugar, vegetable oils (palm, palmist), lean cocoa powder 4.7%, blé starch, glucose-fructose sir0p, upright powder (potassium acid carbonate, ammonium acid carbonate, sodium acid carbonate), salt, soja lecithin, sunflower lecithin

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate , E502 Carbonates

As written on the pack

blé flour, sugar, vegetable oils (palm, palmist), lean cocoa powder 4,7%, blé starch, glucose-fructose sir0p, upright powder (potassium acid carbonate, ammonium acid carbonate, sodium acid carbonate), salt, emulsifiers (soja lecithin, sunflower lecithin),

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.
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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 23 chocolate sandwich cookies

From least to most processed, this one ranks 2nd. 96% of the chocolate sandwich cookies 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 23 chocolate sandwich cookies, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7622210664150, last edited 19 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.
  • 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.