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Is Sondey Biscuits ultra-processed?

Biscuits Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Sondey Biscuits

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 14 ingredients
  • 1 additive

Less processed sweet snacks

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

caramelised biscuits with cinnamon ingredients wheat flour, sugar, vegetable oils (palm vegetable oils, rapeseed vegetable oils), candy sugar (sugar, water), raising agent (sodium carbonates), salt, cinnamon, 1487 whi car ра allergy advice for allergens, including cereals containing gluten

Additives: E500 Sodium carbonates

As written on the pack

caramelised biscuits with cinnamon ingredients wheat flour, sugar, vegetable oils (palm, rapeseed), candy sugar syrup (sugar, water), raising agent: sodium carbonates, salt, cinnamon, 1487 whi car ра allergy advice for allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold,

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,514 biscuits

From least to most processed, this one ranks 157th. 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 20238834, 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.