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Is Belmont Biscuits Seal bars: Mint ultra-processed?

202.4 g (8 x 25 g ) Candy chocolate bars Sold in Ireland and Germany

Pack of Belmont Biscuits Seal bars: Mint

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:

  • 40 ingredients
  • 6 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed candy chocolate bars

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

milk chocolate 32%, Sugar, Cocoa Mass, Cocoa Butter, Skimmed Milk, Vegetable Fats (Palm Fat, Sal Fat, Shea Fat), Whey Powder, Milk fat, Emulsifier (Soya Lecithin), Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin), mint flavoured cream filling 19%, Vegetable Oils (Palm Kernel Oil, Palm Stearin Oil), Sugar, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder Wheat Starch, Mint, Peppermint Oils, Sugar, Palm Oil, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Partially Inverted Sugar Syrup, Raising Agents (Sodium Carbonate), Ammonium Carbonate, Salt, milk chocolate contains cocoa solids 25%, milk 14%, Find out more at ra.org, flavourings, preservatives

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500i Sodium carbonate , E503 Ammonium carbonates , E503i Ammonium carbonate

As written on the pack

MILK CHOCOLATE (32%) [Sugar, Cocoa Mass*, Cocoa Butter*, Dried Skimmed Milk, Vegetable Fats (Palm Fat, Sal Fat, Shea Fat), Whey Powder (Milk), Milk fat, Emulsifier: Soya Lecithin), Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin), MINT FLAVOURED CREAM FILLING (19%) [Vegetable Oils (Palm Kernel Oil, Palm Stearin Oil), Sugar, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder Wheat Starch, Mint and Peppermint Oils), Sugar, Palm Oil, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder*, Partially Inverted Sugar Syrup, Raising Agents: Sodium Carbonate, Ammonium Carbonate; Salt. MILK CHOCOLATE CONTAINS COCOA SOLIDS 25% MINIMUM, MILK SOLIDS 14% MINIMUM. *Rainforest Alliance Certified. Find out more at ra.org. ALLERGY ADVICE:For allergens, see ingredients in bold. May also contain nuts, oats and barley. DIETARY ADVICE: Suitable for vegetarians. No artificial colours, flavourings or preservatives.

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.

  • Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
  • 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.
6 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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
  • 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 201 candy chocolate bars

From least to most processed, this one ranks 140th. 94% of the candy chocolate bars 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 201 candy chocolate bars, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600355535, last edited 11 April 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.