Is Tower Gate Milk Chocolate Oaties ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 27 ingredients
- 4 additives
- Nutri-Score E
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Oat biscuit coated with milk chocolate Ingredients 30% Oat Flakes, Milk Chocolate 25% (Sugar (processing marker), Cocoa Butter (processing marker), Cocoa Mass** Dried Skimmed Milk, Whey (ultra-processing marker), Milk Fat, Vegetable Fat (processing marker) (Palm Oil, Shea, Sal), Emulsifiers (ultra-processing marker) (Soya Lecithins (ultra-processing marker)), Polyglycerol Polyricinoleate (ultra-processing marker), Natural Vanilla Flavouring (ultra-processing marker)), Wheat Flour, Palm Oil, Sugar (processing marker), Invert Sugar Syrup (ultra-processing marker), Raising Agents (Sodium Carbonates), Ammonium Carbonates, Salt (processing marker), Milk Chocolate contains (Cocoa Solids 28%), Milk 15%, Contains vegetable fats in addition to cocoa butter
Additives: E322 Lecithins , E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate , E500 Sodium carbonates , E503 Ammonium carbonates
As written on the pack
Oat biscuit coated with milk chocolate Ingredients 30% Oat Flakes, 25% Milk Chocolate (Sugar, Cocoa Butter**, Cocoa Mass** Dried Skimmed Milk, Dried Whey (Milk), Milk Fat, Vegetable Fat [Palm Oil, Shea, Sal], Emulsifiers: Soya Lecithins, Polyglycerol Polyricinoleate; Natural Vanilla Flavouring), Wholemeal Wheat Flour, Palm Oil, Sugar, Invert Sugar Syrup, Raising Agents: Sodium Carbonates, Ammonium Carbonates; Salt. Milk Chocolate contains: Cocoa Solids 28% Minimum, Milk Solids 15% Minimum. Contains vegetable fats in addition to cocoa butter. **Rainforest Alliance Certified.
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.
- E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate Polyglycerol polyricinoleate (PGPR) is an emulsifier made from castor oil.
- 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.
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.
- 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.
Among 301 chocolate biscuits
From least to most processed, this one ranks 164th. 95% of the chocolate biscuits here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489146988, last edited 17 April 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.