bourbon biscuits
Unknown brand
Processing
4
Ultra-processed
Group 4 of 4 on the NOVA scale
Additives listed
3
None we have assessed
3 of them not yet assessed here
Nutrients
–
Nothing above the low band
Or no figures recorded at all
Three separate readings, kept apart on purpose. This is not a score, and none of it says this product is harmful.
Additives (3)
This label lists 2 raising agents and 1 colour.
Also on the label, not assessed here yet
- E150C Ammonia caramel colour
- 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.
Ingredients
wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), sugar, vegetable oils (palm, palm kernel, rapeseed), dextrose, fat reduced cocoa powder, colour: ammonia caramel, wheat starch, partially inverted refiners syrup, soya flour, raising agents: ammonium hydrogen carbonate, sodium hydrogen carbonate, salt, flavourings, allergy advice: for allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold, also may contain milk,
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.