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Is Voortman Sugar free oatmeal cookies ultra-processed?

8 oz Biscuits Sold in the United States

Pack of Voortman Sugar free oatmeal cookies

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:

  • 23 ingredients
  • 6 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed biscuits

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

Enriched wheat flour (flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), oatmeal, vegetable oil (canola, soybean, palm and palm kernel, sunflower), maltitol, maltitol syrup, sorbitol, salt, artificial color (caramel), eggs, natural and artificial flavor, cinnamon, sodium bicarbonate

Additives: E150 Caramel , E420 Sorbitol , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate , E965 Maltitol , E965ii Maltitol syrup

As written on the pack

Enriched wheat flour (flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), oatmeal, vegetable oil (canola, soybean, palm and palm kernel, sunflower), maltitol, maltitol syrup, sorbitol, salt, artificial color (caramel), eggs, natural and artificial flavor, cinnamon, sodium bicarbonate, contains wheat, soy and eggs.

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.

  • E150 Caramel A food additive authorised for industrial food production.
  • E420 Sorbitol Sorbitol is a sugar alcohol used as a sweetener and to keep products moist.
  • E965 Maltitol Maltitol is a sugar alcohol made from starch, used as a sweetener in "no added sugar" sweets and chocolate.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • 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 1035th. 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 0067312005529, last edited 23 January 2025), 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.