Is Aino Mjölkchoklad ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 23 ingredients
- 2 additives
- Nutri-Score D
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Skummjölk, grädde, socker (processing marker), glukossirap (ultra-processing marker), rapsolja, vasslepulver (ultra-processing marker) (mjök), skummjölkspulver (processing marker), fettreducerat kakaopulver, kakaomassa, helmjölkspulver (processing marker), kakaosmör, emulgeringsmedel (ultra-processing marker) (mono- och diglycerider av fettsyror (ultra-processing marker), solroslecitin, sojalecitin), stabiliseningsmedel (fruktkammjöl, guarkärnmjöl (ultra-processing marker)), salt (processing marker), naturlig vaniljarom med andra naturliga aromer (ultra-processing marker), maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), dextros (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E412 Guar gum , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids
As written on the pack
Skummjölk, grädde, socker, glukossirap, rapsolja, vasslepulver (mjök), skummjölkspulver, fettreducerat kakaopulver, kakaomassa, helmjölkspulver, kakaosmör, emulgeringsmedel (mono - och diglycerider av fettsyror, solroslecitin, sojalecitin), stabiliseningsmedel (fruktkammjöl, guarkärnmjöl), salt, naturlig vaniljarom med andra naturliga aromer, maltodextrin, dextros.
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.
- E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
- E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
- Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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.
- Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
- Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
- Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
- Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
- Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
4 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.
- Ice creams Products in the category "Ice creams" are at least group 3.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.
Among 147 ice cream tubs
From least to most processed, this one ranks 97th. 90% of the ice cream tubs here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 6430064400715, last edited 16 May 2024), 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 D (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.