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Is Alpro Chocolate-hazelnut dessert ultra-processed?

0.226 kg Vegan creamy puddings Sold in the United Kingdom, Belgium and 3 more countries

Pack of Alpro Chocolate-hazelnut dessert

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:

  • 17 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed non-dairy desserts

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

soya base (water, hulled soya beans 5.1%), sugar, modified starch, fat reduced cocoa 2%, hazelnuts 1.7%, chocolate 0.8%, calcium (calcium carbonate), carrageenan, sea salt, potassium phosphates, flavouring, vitamins, vitamin b2, vitamin d2

Additives: E14XX Modified Starch , E340 Potassium phosphates , E407 Carrageenan

As written on the pack

soya base (water, hulled soya beans 5,1%), sugar, modified starch, fat reduced cocoa 2%, hazelnuts 1,7%, chocolate 0,8%, calcium (calcium carbonate), thickener (carrageenan), sea salt, acidity regulator (potassium phosphates), flavouring, vitamins (b2, d2),

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.

  • E14xx Modified Starch Modified starches (E1400 to E1452) are starches treated physically, with enzymes or chemically so that they thicken and hold up to heating, freezing or acidity better than ordinary starch.
  • E407 Carrageenan Carrageenan is a thickener and gelling agent extracted from red seaweed, used widely in dairy desserts, plant-based drinks and processed meats.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.
3 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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 8 vegan creamy puddings

From least to most processed, this one ranks 3rd. 100% of the vegan creamy puddings 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 8 vegan creamy puddings, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5411188130918, last edited 13 March 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.