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Is Tesco Rich shorties biscuits ultra-processed?

300 g Biscuits and cakes Sold in the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia

Pack of Tesco Rich shorties biscuits

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:

  • 16 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed biscuits and cakes

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

Wheat flour, wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin, palm oil, sugar, oatmeal, invert sugar syrup, skimmed milk, salt, raising agents (sodium bicarbonate, ammonium hydrogen carbonate), flavouring

Additives: E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

Wheat flour [wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin, palm oil, sugar, oatmeal, invert sugar syrup, dried skimmed milk, salt, raising agents (sodium bicarbonate, ammonium hydrogen carbonate) 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.

  • 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.

  • Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
3 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.
  • 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 2,122 biscuits and cakes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 625th. 84% of the biscuits and cakes 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 2,122 biscuits and cakes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000119564429, 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.
  • 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.