Is Bauducco Chocolate wafer ultra-processed?

5 oz Chocolate stuffed wafers Sold in the United States and France

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
E322 Lecithins

12 ingredients
4 additives
Nutri-Score E

Less processed chocolate biscuits

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Lärabar 10 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
Crunchy Almond Flour Cookies Double Chocolate Simple Mills 19 ingredients · 5 additives NOVA group 3
Chocolate Chip Crunchy Cookies Partake 19 ingredients · 3 additives NOVA group 3
Chocolatey Chip Graham Snacks Teddy Grahams 17 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3

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

Cane sugar (processing marker), vegetable oils (processing marker) (palm, soybean oil), wheat flour, cocoa powder, cornstarch (processing marker), soy lecithin (ultra-processing marker), corn oil (processing marker), natural chocolate flavor (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker), baking soda

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

Cane sugar, vegetable oils (palm and/or soybean oil), wheat flour, cocoa powder, cornstarch, soy lecithin, corn oil, natural chocolate flavor, salt, baking soda.

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.
Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.

Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 13 chocolate stuffed wafers

From least to most processed, this one ranks 2nd. 100% of the chocolate stuffed wafers 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 13 chocolate stuffed wafers, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0875754008318, last edited 20 August 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.