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Is Cadbury Bourn Vita 500Gram Pauch ultra-processed?

Instant chocolate powders Sold in the United Kingdom, the United States and 4 more countries

Pack of Cadbury Bourn Vita 500Gram Pauch

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:

  • 25 ingredients
  • 11 additives

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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

glucose syrup, polydextrose, starch, sorbitol syrup, gelatine, sugar, malic acid, acetic acid, fruit juices 1% (apple, lime, orange, lemon, strawberry, blackcurrant, raspberry), anthocyanins, vegetable carbon, paprika extract, lutein, curcumin, coconut oil, flavourings, glazing agent, carnauba wa 'equivalent to 6.9% fruit juice

Additives: E100 Curcumin , E1200 Polydextrose , E153 Vegetable carbon , E160c Paprika extract , E161b Lutein , E163 Anthocyanins , E260 Acetic acid , E296 Malic acid , E420 Sorbitol , E420ii Sorbitol syrup , E428 Gelatine

As written on the pack

glucose syrup, bulking agent (polydextrose), starch, humectant (sorbitol syrup), gelatine, sugar, acids (malic acid, acetic acid), concentrated fruit juices' (1 %) (apple, lime, orange, lemon, strawberry, blackcurrant, raspberry), colours (anthocyanins, vegetable carbon, paprika extract, lutein, curcumin), coconut oil, flavourings, glazing agent (carnauba wa 'equivalent to 6.9% fruit juice.

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.

  • E100 Curcumin 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.
  • E153 Vegetable carbon A food additive authorised for industrial food production.
  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • E161b Lutein 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.
  • E163 Anthocyanins 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.
  • E420 Sorbitol Sorbitol is a sugar alcohol used as a sweetener and to keep products moist.
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  • E428 Gelatine Gelatine is a gelling agent made from collagen in animal skin and bones.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Glazing agent Glazing agents, waxes and shellac for example, coat a surface to make it shiny or stop pieces sticking together.

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.
3 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.

  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 51 instant chocolate powders

From least to most processed, this one ranks 44th. 88% of the instant chocolate powders 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 51 instant chocolate powders, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 09141209, last edited 28 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.