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Is Waitrose WR Flapjack Cookies 200g ultra-processed?

Biscuits Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Waitrose WR Flapjack Cookies 200g

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:

  • 27 ingredients
  • 6 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

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

Butter, fortified wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), raisins (raisins, sunflower oil), sugar, oats, oatmeal, apricots (apricots, rice flour, preservative), golden syrup, desiccated coconut (desiccated coconut, preservative), raising agents (sodium bicarbonate), sodium phosphates, ammonium hydrogen carbonate, salt, molasses

Additives: E220 Sulphur dioxide , E339 Sodium phosphates , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate , E503 Ammonium carbonates , E503ii Ammonium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

Butter (milk), fortified wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), RAISINS (raisins, sunflower oil), sugar, oats, oatmeal, DRIED DICED APRICOTS (apricots, rice flour, preservative sulphur dioxide), golden syrup, DESICCATED COCONUT (desiccated coconut, preservative sulphur dioxide), raising agents sodium bicarbonate, sodium phosphates and ammonium hydrogen carbonate, salt, molasses

What makes it ultra-processed

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.
6 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.

  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • 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 424th. 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 5000169206850, last edited 11 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.