Easter eggs, from least to most processed

We track 21 easter eggs, 90% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Smooth Hazelnut Chocolate Easter Egg.

What makes easter eggs ultra-processed

The signs of ultra-processing found most often, and the share of easter eggs that contain each:

Processed food (2)

  1. 1 Smooth Hazelnut Chocolate Easter Egg Divine · 90g NOVA group 3
  2. 2 Marbled chocolate egg Cocoa loco NOVA group 3

Ultra-processed food (19)

  1. 3 Creamy. Truffle mini eggs Galaxy NOVA group 4
  2. 4 Kinder Egg Kinder · 20g NOVA group 4
  3. 5 dairy milk egg Cadbury NOVA group 4
  4. 6 Hen Mini Eggs Lindt · 90g 16st NOVA group 4
  5. 7 Milk chocolate eggs Lindor · 80 g NOVA group 4
  6. 8 mini eggs Cadbury Cadbury NOVA group 4
  7. 9 Egg-stra special chocolate eggs Tony's Chocolonely NOVA group 4
  8. 10 Mini eggs NOVA group 4
  9. 11 Wispa Easter Egg Cadbury · 182.5g NOVA group 4
  10. 12 Twirl Easter Egg Cadbury NOVA group 4
  11. 13 Cream egg Easter egg Cadbury Dairy Milk NOVA group 4
  12. 14 Mini egg Easter Egg Cadbury NOVA group 4
  13. 15 Terrys Orange Mini Eggs Terrys Chocolate Orange NOVA group 4
  14. 16 Easter Egg selection Lidl · 185g NOVA group 4
  15. 17 Påskeskum Cloetta · 100g NOVA group 4
  16. 18 Mini Eggs Easter Egg Cadbury NOVA group 4
  17. 19 Terrys chocolate Orange mini eggs Terry's NOVA group 4
  18. 20 Mini Eggs Orange Cadbury NOVA group 4
  19. 21 Mini Eggs Cadbury · 80g NOVA group 4

Within each group, products with fewer signs of ultra-processing, additives and ingredients come first. This ordering is ours, for comparison; it is not part of NOVA.