Is Cadbury Bournville Old Jamaica ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 10 ingredients
- 2 additives
- Nutri-Score E
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NOVA group
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Sugar (processing marker), cocoa mass, raisins, palm oil, cocoa butter (processing marker), emulsifiers (ultra-processing marker) (SOYA lecithins (ultra-processing marker), e476 (ultra-processing marker)), flavouring (ultra-processing marker), skimmed MILK powder (processing marker)
Additives: E322 Lecithins , E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate
As written on the pack
Sugar, cocoa mass, raisins, palm oil, cocoa butter, emulsifiers (SOYA lecithins, E476), flavouring, skimmed MILK powder
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.
- E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate Polyglycerol polyricinoleate (PGPR) is an emulsifier made from castor oil.
- 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.
- Chocolates Products in the category "Chocolates" are at least group 3.
- 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 400 dark chocolates
From least to most processed, this one ranks 363rd. 69% of the dark chocolates here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7622210696366, last edited 4 July 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.