Is Parle-g Glucose Biscuits ultra-processed?

Biscuit (cookie) snack w chocolate filling Sold in Australia

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Emulsifier
Invert sugar
E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

15 ingredients
5 additives
Nutri-Score E

Less processed biscuit (cookie) snack w chocolate filling

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

Enriched wheat flour, Sugars (processing marker) (sugar, invert sugar syrup (ultra-processing marker)), Palm oil, Salt (processing marker), Leavening (ammonium bicarbonate, sodium bicarbonate), Skim milk powder (processing marker), Artificial vanilla flavour, Enzyme (processing marker) (papain), Emulsifier (ultra-processing marker) (diacetyl tartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides)

Additives: E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate , E503 Ammonium carbonates , E503ii Ammonium hydrogen carbonate

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids.

As written on the pack

Enriched wheat flour, Sugars (sugar, invert sugar syrup), Palm oil, Salt, Leavening (ammonium bicarbonate, sodium bicarbonate), Skim milk powder, Artificial vanilla flavour, Enzyme (papain), Emulsifier (diacetyl tartaric acid esters of mono - and diglycerides)

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.

E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.

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.

5 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.
Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.
Enzyme Enzymes carry out traditional processes such as cheese making and baking.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 23 biscuit (cookie) snack w chocolate filling

From least to most processed, this one ranks 8th. 91% of the biscuit (cookie) snack w chocolate filling 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 biscuit (cookie) snack w chocolate filling, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8901719101090, last edited 29 August 2024), 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.