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Is Anthon Berg Marzipan, almond & chocolate sweets ultra-processed?

165 g Chocolate candies Sold in Sweden

Pack of Anthon Berg Marzipan, almond & chocolate sweets

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:

  • 67 ingredients
  • 7 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

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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

Sukker, socker, sødmælks, helmelk, sötmjölkspulver, kakaosmør, smör, kakaomasse, mandler, mandlar 12%, abrikoskerner, kjerner, kjärnor, glukosesirup, sirap, mælke, melkesukker, mjölksocker, fortykningsmiddel, förtjockningsmedel (arabisk gummi, gummi arabicum), emulgator, emulgeringsmedel (lecithin), risstivelse, stärkelse, Overfladebehandlingsmiddel, ytbehandlingsmedel (shellak, shellack), modificeret, modifierad kartoffel, potetstivelse, potatisstärkelse, farvestoffer, fargestoffer, färgämnen (carmin, karmin, jernoxid, blandede carotener, karotener), vaniljeekstrakt, vaniljextrakt, fugtighedsbevarende middel, fuktighetsbevarande medel (invertase), konserveringsmiddel, medel (sorbinsyre, syra), Kan indeholde spor af, innehålla spår av andre nødder, nøtter, nötter, Mindst 33% kakaotørstof, torrsubstans og mindst 23% mælke, melkebestanddele, mjölkbeståndsdelar i mælkechokoladen, melkesjokoladen, mjölkchokladen, Mindst 50% kakaotørstof, torrsubstans i den mørke chokolade, sjokolade, mörka chokladen, Opbevares tørt og køligt

Additives: E1103 Invertase , E120 Cochineal , E160a Carotene , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E414 Acacia gum , E904 Shellac

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E322 Lecithins.

As written on the pack

Sukker/socker, sødmælks-/helmelk-/sötmjölkspulver, kakaosmør/-smör, kakaomasse, mandler/mandlar 12%, abrikoskerner/-kjerner/-kjärnor, glukosesirup/-sirap, mælke-/melkesukker/mjölksocker, fortykningsmiddel/förtjockningsmedel (arabisk gummi/gummi arabicum), emulgator/emulgeringsmedel (lecithin), risstivelse/-stärkelse, Overfladebehandlingsmiddel/ ytbehandlingsmedel (shellak/shellack), modificeret/modifierad kartoffel/potetstivelse/potatisstärkelse, farvestoffer/fargestoffer/färgämnen (carmin/karmin, jernoxid, blandede carotener/karotener), vaniljeekstrakt/vaniljextrakt, fugtighedsbevarende middel/fuktighetsbevarande medel (invertase), konserveringsmiddel/-medel (sorbinsyre/-syra). Kan indeholde spor af/innehålla spår av andre nødder/nøtter/nötter. Mindst 33% kakaotørstof/-torrsubstans og mindst 23% mælke-/melkebestanddele/mjölkbeståndsdelar i mælkechokoladen/ melkesjokoladen/mjölkchokladen. Mindst 50% kakaotørstof/-torrsubstans i den mørke chokolade/sjokolade/mörka chokladen. Opbevares tørt og køligt.

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.

  • E120 Cochineal Carmine is a red colour made from cochineal insects.
  • E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
  • E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
  • E414 Acacia gum Gum arabic (acacia gum) is the hardened sap of acacia trees, used to stabilise flavour emulsions in soft drinks and to coat sweets.
  • E904 Shellac Shellac is a resin secreted by lac insects, used as a glazing agent on sweets, coated chocolates and fruit.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
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  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
  • Glazing agent Glazing agents, waxes and shellac for example, coat a surface to make it shiny or stop pieces sticking together.
  • Humectant Humectants are substances which prevent foods from drying out by counteracting the effect of an atmosphere having a low degree of humidity, or promote the dissolution of a powder in an aqueous medium.
  • Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.

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.

  • Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.
5 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.

  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.
  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 776 chocolate candies

From least to most processed, this one ranks 709th. 91% of the chocolate candies 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 776 chocolate candies, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5774540923260, last edited 2 April 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.