Is Atkins Endulge Peanut Butter Cups ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- Flavouring
- Milk proteins
- E322 Lecithins
- E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids
- E955 Sucralose
- E965 Maltitol
- 17 ingredients
- 7 additives
- Nutri-Score E
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
maltitol (ultra-processing marker), cocoa butter, peanuts, chocolate, polydextrose, milk protein isolate (ultra-processing marker), contains less than 2% of palm kernel, palm oil, soy lecithin (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker), natural and artificial flavors (ultra-processing marker), sodium caseinate, mono- and diglycerides (ultra-processing marker), peanut oil (processing marker), mixed tocopherols (to maintain freshness (processing marker)), sucralose (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E1200 Polydextrose , E306 Tocopherol-rich extract , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E955 Sucralose , E965 Maltitol
As written on the pack
maltitol, cocoa butter, peanuts, unsweetened chocolate, polydextrose, milk protein isolate, contains less than 2% of palm kernel and palm oil, soy lecithin, salt, natural and artificial flavors, sodium caseinate, mono and diglycerides, peanut oil, mixed tocopherols (to maintain freshness), sucralose
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.
- E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
- E955 Sucralose Sucralose is a sweetener made by chlorinating sugar.
- E965 Maltitol Maltitol is a sugar alcohol made from starch, used as a sweetener in "no added sugar" sweets and chocolate.
- 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.
- Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
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.
- Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0637480711500, last edited 31 December 2025), 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.