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Is Belmont Milk Chocolate Wafer Bars ultra-processed?

173 g Chocolate biscuits Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Belmont Milk Chocolate Wafer Bars

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:

  • 34 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed chocolate biscuits

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 45% (sugar, cocoa butter* skimmed milk powder, cocoa mass, whole milk powder, anhydrous milk fat, emulsifier, lecithins, flavouring), chocolate cream 38%, sugar, palm oil, wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), fat reduced cocoa powder, emulsifier, lecithins, wafer 17%, wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), sunflower oil, emulsifier (lecithins), raising agent (sodium carbonates), salt

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E500 Sodium carbonates

As written on the pack

milk chocolate (45%) (sugar, cocoa butter* skimmed milk powder, cocoa mass*, whole milk powder, anhydrous milk fat, emulsifier, lecithins (soya), flavouring), chocolate flavoured cream (38%) [sugar, palm oil, wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), fat reduced cocoa powder*, emulsifier, lecithins (soya)), wafer (17%) [wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), sunflower oil, emulsifier: lecithins (soya), raising agent: sodium carbonates, salt), *rainforest alliance

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.
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.
  • 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.
  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 301 chocolate biscuits

From least to most processed, this one ranks 47th. 95% of the chocolate biscuits 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 301 chocolate biscuits, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600107974, last edited 17 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.