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Is Asda Dark Chocolate Rice Cakes ultra-processed?

90 g Puffed rice cakes with black chocolate Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Asda Dark Chocolate Rice Cakes

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:

  • 10 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed puffed rice cakes

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

dark chocolate 60%, sugar, cocoa ma cocoa butter, emulsifiers (soya lecithins polyglycerol polyricinoleate), flavouring brown rice, white rice, don't recycle allergy advice! for allergens, leeds ls11 asda, antrim bt nutrition we suggest this product provides 6 servings typical values 90ge per 100g 2055 rice ca 3\ energy kj energy kcal 491 fat

Additives: E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate.

As written on the pack

dark chocolate (60%) [sugar, cocoa ma cocoa butter, emulsifiers (soya lecithins polyglycerol polyricinoleate), flavouring brown rice, white rice. don't recycle allergy advice! for allergens, see ingredients in bold. may also contain traces of sesame seed: and milk. 100% sustainably sc www.cocoahorizon packed in poland asda, leeds ls11 asda, antrim bt nutrition we suggest this product provides 6 servings typical values 90ge per 100g 2055 rice ca 3\ energy kj energy kcal 491 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.

  • E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate Polyglycerol polyricinoleate (PGPR) is an emulsifier made from castor oil.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
1 ingredient that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 12 puffed rice cakes with black chocolate

From least to most processed, this one ranks 3rd. 92% of the puffed rice cakes with black chocolate 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 12 puffed rice cakes with black chocolate, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5057172729104, last edited 8 June 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.