Is BUBS Chokskalle Hallon/Lakrits ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 23 ingredients
- 4 additives
- Nutri-Score E
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Socker (processing marker), kakaosmör, helmjölkspulver (processing marker), glukossirap (ultra-processing marker), kakaomassa, fet kondenserad mjölk, vatten, fett (kokos), lakrits, naturliga aromer (ultra-processing marker), ammoniumklorid, emulgeringsmedel (ultra-processing marker) (sojalecitin, solroslecitin), förtjockningsmedel (ultra-processing marker) (e440 (ultra-processing marker)), salt (processing marker), färgämne (ultra-processing marker) (e162 (ultra-processing marker)), surhetsreglerande medel (äppelsyra, natriumcitrat)
Additives: E162 Beetroot red , E296 Malic acid , E440 Pectins , E510 Ammonium chloride
As written on the pack
Socker, kakaosmör, helmjölkspulver, glukossirap, kakaomassa, fet kondenserad mjölk, vatten, vegetabiliskt fett (kokos), lakrits, naturliga aromer, ammoniumklorid, emulgeringsmedel (sojalecitin, solroslecitin), förtjockningsmedel (E440), salt, färgämne (E162), surhetsreglerande medel (äppelsyra, natriumcitrat).
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.
- E162 Beetroot red Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
- E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
- Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
- 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.
- Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.
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.
- Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
- Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
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.
- Chocolates Products in the category "Chocolates" are at least group 3.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- 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 279 milk chocolates
From least to most processed, this one ranks 259th. 93% of the milk chocolates here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7393077156002, last edited 2 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.