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Is Sunfeast Dark Fantasy Bourbon ultra-processed?

Biscuit (cookie) snack w chocolate filling Sold in the United Kingdom and India

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:

  • 25 ingredients
  • 13 additives

Less processed biscuit (cookie) snack w chocolate filling

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

Refined Wheat Flour (Maida), Sugar 32.8%, Refined Palm Oil, e150a, e150c, e150d, e129, Starch, Cocoa Solids 2.3%, Milk, e503ii, e500ii, e450i, Artificial Flavouring Substances (Vanilla, Chocolate), mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids (from Palm Oil), Lecithin (from Soyabean), Plain Chocolate 0.1%, Iodized Salt, Nature Identical Flavouring Substances (Chocolate)

Additives: E129 Allura red , E150a Plain caramel , E150c Ammonia caramel , E150d Sulphite ammonia caramel , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E450 Diphosphates , E450i Disodium diphosphate , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate , E503 Ammonium carbonates , E503ii Ammonium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

Refined Wheat Flour (Maida), Sugar (32.8%), Refined Palm Oil, Colours [INS 150a, INS 150c, INS 150d, INS 129], Starch, Cocoa Solids (2.3%), Milk Solids, Raising Agents [INS 503(ii), INS 500(ii), INS 450(i)], Artificial Flavouring Substances (Vanilla, Chocolate), Emulsifiers [Mono - and Di-glycerides of Fatty Acids (from Palm Oil), Lecithin (from Soyabean)], Plain Chocolate (0.1%), Iodized Salt and Nature Identical Flavouring Substances (Chocolate). Contains Wheat, Milk, Soy. May contain Nut, Sulphite.

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.

  • E129 Allura red Allura red AC is a synthetic red azo dye (FD&C Red No. 40 in the US).
  • E150a Plain caramel Plain caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars.
  • E150c Ammonia caramel Ammonia caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars with ammonia compounds.
  • E150d Sulphite ammonia caramel Sulphite ammonia caramel is the dark brown colour in colas and many sauces, made by heating sugars with sulphite and ammonia compounds.
  • 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.
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4 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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 23 biscuit (cookie) snack w chocolate filling

From least to most processed, this one ranks 21st. 91% of the biscuit (cookie) snack w chocolate filling 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 23 biscuit (cookie) snack w chocolate filling, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 3948725016258, last edited 2 October 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.