Is Bonne Maman Sweet Hearts chocolate Sweet Hearts 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:
- 24 ingredients
- 2 additives
- Nutri-Score E
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
butter (processing marker), sugar (processing marker), soft wheat flour, milk chocolate 16% (sugar (processing marker), cocoa butter (processing marker), whole milk powder (processing marker), cocoa mass, lecithins (ultra-processing marker), natural vanilla flavour (ultra-processing marker)), egg eggs, glycerol (ultra-processing marker), whites, skimmed-milk powder (processing marker), starches (processing marker), natural madagascar bourbon vanilla flavour, sodium carbonates, citrates (wheat), salt (processing marker), keep in a dry place, away from heat (max 25°c), light
Additives: E322 Lecithins , E422 Glycerol
As written on the pack
butter, sugar, soft wheat flour, milk chocolate 16% (sugar, cocoa butter, whole milk powder, cocoa mass, emulsifier: lecithins (soya), natural vanilla flavour), egg eggs, glycerol, stabiliser: whites, skimmed-milk powder, starches, natural madagascar bourbon vanilla flavour, raising agents: sodium carbonates and citrates (wheat), salt, may contain: nuts, sesame seeds, keep in a dry place, away from heat (max 25°c) and light,
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.
- E422 Glycerol Glycerol is a sweet-tasting liquid used to keep products moist and soft.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
7 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.
- Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
- 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 fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
- 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.
Among 776 chocolate candies
From least to most processed, this one ranks 314th. 91% of the chocolate candies here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 3178530422719, last edited 15 June 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.