All Butter QUADRUPLE CHOCOLATE COOKIES

Aldi

4088600218182

Processing

4

Ultra-processed

Group 4 of 4 on the NOVA scale

Additives listed

4

0 we grade moderate or higher

3 of them not yet assessed here

Sugars per 100g

34.80g

High

UK FSA front of pack threshold

Three separate readings, kept apart on purpose. This is not a score, and none of it says this product is harmful.

This label lists 3 raising agents and 1 emulsifier.

E322 Lecithin
Emulsifier
No real concern strong evidence

What it is. A natural emulsifier, usually from soya or sunflower.

Why it is used. Keeps chocolate smooth and stops ingredients separating.

What the evidence says. Safe and widely used. Only relevant if the source, such as soya, is an allergen for you.

Regulatory status UK Permitted EU Permitted US Permitted

Permitted freely. Source allergen must be declared.

Assessed against EFSA, JECFA. Full entry for E322

Also on the label, not assessed here yet

  • E450 Diphosphates raising agent
  • E500 Sodium carbonates raising agent
  • E503 Ammonium carbonates raising agent

Names and jobs come from the register of additives permitted in Great Britain, which we have not finished transcribing: a code shown without a name is a gap in our coverage, not a finding that it is unapproved. Naming one is not grading it either. Full detail appears only where we have an assessment against a named authority, so all of this describes our coverage rather than these additives. Most are common and low concern.

wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), milk chocolate (20%) (sugar, cocoa butter*, whole milk powder, cocoa mass*, whey powder (milk), skimmed milk powder, emulsifier: lecithins (soya), salted butter (15%) (butter (milk), salt), dark chocolate chunks (13%) (sugar, cocoa mass cocoa butter*, emulsifier: lecithins (soya), flavouring), sugar, milk chocolate chunks (7%) (sugar, whole milk powder, cocoa butter*, cocoa mass*, emulsifier: lecithins (soya), flavouring), white chocolate chunks (7%) (sugar, whole milk powder, cocoa butter*, skimmed milk powder, emulsifier: lecithins (soya) flavouring), cocoa powder*, cornflour, raising agents: ammonium carbonates, diphosphates, sodium carbonates, chocolate powder (sugar, cocoa mass*, fat reduced cocoa powder*), partially inverted sugar syrup flavouring, salt, *rainforest alliance certified,

As printed on the pack, in the producer's own order: ingredients are listed by weight, so what comes first is most of what is in it. E numbers link to their assessment where we have one.

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