Is Piccolo Cocoa Biscuits ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Open Food Facts counts every product in its category, sweet snacks, as at least group 3.
- 11 ingredients
- No additives
- Nutri-Score C
Less processed sweet snacks
Ingredients
0 = oat flakes 30%, apple juice, semi- wheat flour, sunflower seeds oil barley flour, wheat bran, seeds 8% (sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds 4%), low fat cocoa powder 3%, raising agent (sodium carbonates)
As written on the pack
0 = Wholemeal oat flakes* (30%), apple juice concentrate*, semi-wholemeal wheat flour* *, sunflower seeds oil* wholemeal barley flour*, wheat bran*, seeds* (8%) (sunflower seeds*, pumpkin seeds*(4%)), low fat cocoa powder* (3%), raising agent: sodium carbonates * Organic Vegan
What makes it processed
Category rules
Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.
- Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.
Among 1,514 biscuits
From least to most processed, this one ranks 99th. 83% of the biscuits here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060452492308, last edited 27 March 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 C (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.