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Is Rowan Hill Bakery Mini Rolls Milk Chocolate ultra-processed?

260 g Biscuits Sold in the United Kingdom and Algeria

Pack of Rowan Hill Bakery Mini Rolls Milk Chocolate

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:

  • 44 ingredients
  • 7 additives

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

Sugar, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, skimmed milk, vegetable fat (shea, sal), milk fat, palm oil, emulsifiers (soya lecithins), polyglycerol polyricinoleate, flavouring, palm oil, palm kernel oil, rapeseed oil, water, palm stearin, emulsifier (mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids), sugar, glucose syrup, dextrose, water, tapioca starch, humectant (glycerol), maize starch, flavouring, preservative (potassium sorbate), wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin, diphosphates, sodium carbonates, emulsifiers (polyglycerol esters of fatty acids), mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids, preservative (potassium sorbate), flavouring

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E322 Lecithins , E422 Glycerol , E450 Diphosphates , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E475 Polyglycerol esters of fatty acids , E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate

As written on the pack

Sugar, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, dried skimmed milk, vegetable fat (shea, sal), milk fat, palm oil, emulsifiers: soya lecithins, polyglycerol polyricinoleate, flavouring, palm oil, palm kernel oil, rapeseed oil, water, palm stearin, emulsifier: mono - and diglycerides of fatty acids, sugar, glucose syrup, dextrose, water, tapioca starch, humectant: glycerol, maize starch, flavouring, preservative: potassium sorbate, wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin, diphosphates, sodium carbonates, emulsifiers: polyglycerol esters of fatty acids, mono - and diglycerides of fatty acids, preservative: potassium sorbate, flavouring

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.
  • E422 Glycerol Glycerol is a sweet-tasting liquid used to keep products moist and soft.
  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
  • E475 Polyglycerol esters of fatty acids 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.
  • E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate Polyglycerol polyricinoleate (PGPR) is an emulsifier made from castor oil.
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  • 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.
  • Humectant Humectants are substances which prevent foods from drying out by counteracting the effect of an atmosphere having a low degree of humidity, or promote the dissolution of a powder in an aqueous medium.

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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • 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.
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.

  • E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,514 biscuits

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1455th. 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 20509835, last edited 21 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.