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Is Pocky 17000780 Cookies & Cream ultra-processed?

40g Biscuits Sold in Australia and France

Pack of Pocky 17000780 Cookies & Cream

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:

  • 27 ingredients
  • 5 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

white compound chocolate (sugar, palm oil, milk powder), wheat flour, sugar, e1412, e1420, biscuits (wheat flour, sugar, palm oil, e500ii, salt, synthetic flavor (chocolate)), whole wheat flour, cocoa powder 1%, milk powder 1%, synthetic flavor, milk, vanilla 0.22%, butter (e307b), salt, yeast, e500ii

Additives: E1412 Distarch phosphate , E1420 Acetylated starch , E307b Concentrated tocopherol , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

white compound chocolate (sugar, palm oil, milk powder), wheat flour, sugar, thickeners (E 1412, E 1420), biscuits crumbs (wheat flour, sugar, palm oil, raising agent (E 500(ii)), salt, synthetic flavor (chocolate)), whole wheat flour, cocoa powder (1%), milk powder (1%), synthetic flavor (milk, vanilla (0.22%), butter (contains antioxidant (E 307b)), salt, yeast, raising agent (E 500(ii))

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.

  • E1412 Distarch phosphate Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • E1420 Acetylated starch Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
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.

  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,514 biscuits

From least to most processed, this one ranks 580th. 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 8851019500195, last edited 19 September 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.