Is Asda Extra Special Orange Dark Chocolate ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 18 ingredients
- 1 additive
- Nutri-Score E
Less processed dark chocolates with orange
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
sugar (processing marker), cocoa mass, cocoa butter, candied orange peel 7% (orange peel, glucose-fructose syrup (ultra-processing marker), sugar (processing marker), dextrose (ultra-processing marker), lemon juice from concentrate), emulsifier (ultra-processing marker) (soya lecithins (ultra-processing marker)), orange oil, vanilla extract, cocoa solids 52%, find out more at ra.org allergy advice! for allergens, nutrition we suggest this product provides 5 servings typical values stora store in a co sunlight, try if you are n purchase n both repla simply retu or, call us visit our w recy c
Additives: E322 Lecithins
As written on the pack
sugar, cocoa mass*, cocoa butter*, candied orange peel (7%) [orange peel, glucose-fructose syrup, sugar, dextrose, lemon juice from concentrate], emulsifier (soya lecithins), orange oil, vanilla extract. cocoa solids 52% minimum. *rainforest alliance certified. find out more at ra.org allergy advice! for allergens, see ingredients in bold. may also contain nuts and milk. nutrition we suggest this product provides 5 servings typical values stora store in a co sunlight. try if you are n purchase n both repla simply retu or, call us visit our w recy c
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.
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.
- Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn 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.
- Chocolates Products in the category "Chocolates" are at least group 3.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.
Among 10 dark chocolates with orange
From least to most processed, this one ranks 8th. 80% of the dark chocolates with orange here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5063089519325, 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 E (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.