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Is Asda Choco snaps ultra-processed?

Chocolate cereals Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Asda Choco snaps

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:

  • 38 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed chocolate cereals

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

Rice, Sugar, Fat-Reduced Cocoa Powder, Milk Chocolate 3% (Sugar, Cocoa Mass, Whole Milk Powder, Cocoa Butter, Whey Powder, Skimmed Milk Powder, Emulsifier (Soya Lecithins), Flavouring), Calcium Carbonate, Malted Barley Extract, Glucose Syrup, Cocoa Mass, Salt, Flavouring, Vitamin and Mineral Mix, Iron, Niacin (B3), Pantothenic Acid (B5), Riboflavin (B2), vitamins, vitamin B6, Thiamin, vitamin B1, Folic Acid, vitamin B9, Vitamin D, Vitamin B12, flavours, hydrogenated fat, NUTRITION We suggest this product provides 20 servings Typical Values Energy kJ Energy kcal Fat

Additives: E322 Lecithins

As written on the pack

Rice, Sugar, Fat-Reduced Cocoa Powder, Milk Chocolate (3%) [Sugar, Cocoa Mass, Whole Milk Powder, Cocoa Butter, Whey Powder (Milk), Skimmed Milk Powder, Emulsifier (Soya Lecithins), Flavouring], Calcium Carbonate, Malted Barley Extract, Glucose Syrup, Cocoa Mass, Salt, Flavouring, Vitamin and Mineral Mix [Iron, Niacin (B3), Pantothenic Acid (B5), Riboflavin (B2), Vitamin B6, Thiamin (B1), Folic Acid (B9), Vitamin D, Vitamin B12]. Allergy Advice! for allergens, see ingredients in bold. NO ARTIFICIAL COLOURS, FLAVOURS OR HYDROGENATED FAT. NUTRITION We suggest this product provides 20 servings Typical Values Energy kJ Energy kcal Fat

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.

  • 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.
  • 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.

  • 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.
  • Hydrogenated fat An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
  • 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.
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.
  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 105 chocolate cereals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 100th. 90% of the chocolate cereals 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 105 chocolate cereals, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5057172723614, last edited 27 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.