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Is the bakehouse chunky ultra-processed?

220g Chocolate chip cookies Sold in Ireland

Pack of the bakehouse chunky

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:

  • 28 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed chocolate chip cookies

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

chu ps with milk chocolate chunks, dents Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiami Pk Chocolate Chunks 24%, Sugar "Whole Milk Powder, Cocoa Butter, Coco Cuts, Coconut, Partially Inverted Sugar Syrup, Raising Agents (Ammonium Mass), Whey Powder, Milk Emulsifier (Lecithins), Flavourings), Sugar, Pal Bicarbonate Diphosphates, Sodium Carbonates, Flavouring, Emulsifier, using EU and non-EU milk chocolate, Latin (a), Sal 30%, Milk solids 17% minimum Allergen Advice

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E450 Diphosphates

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E450 Diphosphates.

As written on the pack

CHU PS WITH MILK CHOCOLATE CHUNKS. dents Wheat Flour [Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiami Pk Chocolate Chunks (24%) [Sugar "Whole Milk Powder, *Cocoa Butter, *Coco Cuts, Coconut, Partially Inverted Sugar Syrup, Raising Agents: Ammonium Mass, Whey Powder (Milk Emulsifier: Lecithins (Soya), Flavourings], Sugar, Pal Bicarbonate Diphosphates, Sodium Carbonates, Flavouring (Milk), Emulsifier. using EU and non-EU milk chocolate. Latin (a) Sal 30% minimum, Milk solids 17% minimum Allergen Advice:

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.
  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
  • 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.

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.
  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
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.

  • 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 50 chocolate chip cookies

From least to most processed, this one ranks 22nd. 92% of the chocolate chip cookies 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 50 chocolate chip cookies, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5397139001530, last edited 15 July 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.