Is it ultra-processed?
Menu

Is Pirkka Amerikanska chokladcookies ultra-processed?

150g Biscuits Sold in Sweden, Aland Islands and Finland

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:

  • 43 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed 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

Mörk choklad 29% (socker, kakaomassa, glukossirap, kakaosmör, emulgeringsmedel (e322 sojalecitin)), vetemjöl, socker, vegetabiliska oljor (palm, solros), mjölkchoklad (EU 11%, socker, helmjölkspulver, kakaosmör, kakaomassa, glukossirap, skummjölkspulver, emulgeringsmedel (e322 sojalecitin), naturlig arom), karamellprodukt (glukossirap, socker, solrosolja, helmjölks, pulver, äggvitepulver, karamelliserat socker, naturlig arom), smör, ägg, glukos-fruktossirap, skummjölks, pulver, vetestärkelse, bakpulver (e500, e450), karameliserat socker, ansvarsfullt

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E450 Diphosphates , E500 Sodium carbonates

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E322 Lecithins.

As written on the pack

Mörk choklad (29 %, EU) [socker, kakaomassa, glukossirap, kakaosmör, emulgeringsmedel (E322 sojalecitin)], vetemjöl, socker, vegetabiliska oljor (palm*, solros), mjölkchoklad (11 % EU) [socker, helmjölkspulver, kakaosmör, kakaomassa, glukossirap, skummjölkspulver, emulgeringsmedel (E322 sojalecitin), naturlig arom], karamellprodukt [glukossirap, socker, solrosolja, helmjölks - pulver, äggvitepulver, karamelliserat socker, naturlig arom], smör, ägg, glukos-fruktossirap, skummjölks - pulver, vetestärkelse, bakpulver (E500, E450), karameliserat socker. Kan innehålla spår av nötter. *ansvarsfullt

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.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
6 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.

  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • 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.
  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,514 biscuits

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1233rd. 83% of the biscuits 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 1,514 biscuits, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 6410405133182, last edited 3 May 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • 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.