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Is Cadbury Curly Wurly ultra-processed?

Candy chocolate bars Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Cadbury Curly Wurly

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:

  • 29 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed candy chocolate bars

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 with caramel centre 69%, nts (glucose syrup), sugar, palm oil, cocoa butter, whey powder (from milk), cocoa mass, ned milk powder, whey permeate powder (from milk), milk fat, emulsifiers s, e442, e476, salt, flavourings, sodium carbonates, e509, milk chocolate (milk 14%), contains vegetable fats in addition to cocoa butter, e471, for nutrition lift flap, each 21.5% contains energy 410 saturates sugars salt cocoa partnering 3.8% 2.0% 11 g 0.14% 10% fairtrade foundation 12%, www, coccalife, org 2% erence intake of an average adult

Additives: E442 Ammonium phosphatides , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate , E500 Sodium carbonates , E509 Calcium chloride

As written on the pack

milk chocolate with caramel centre (69 %), nts: glucose syrup, sugar, palm oil, cocoa butter, whey powder (from milk), cocoa mass, ned milk powder, whey permeate powder (from milk), milk fat, emulsifiers s, e442, e476), salt, flavourings, acidity regulator (sodium carbonates), stabiliser (e509) milk chocolate: milk solids 14% minimum, contains vegetable fats in addition to cocoa butter, (e471, for nutrition lift flap, each 21,5 g contains energy 410 saturates sugars salt cocoa partnering 3,8 g 2,0 g 11 g 0,14 g 10% fairtrade foundation 12% , www,coccalife,org 2% erence intake of an average adult (8400 kj/

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.

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.
  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
4 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 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 201 candy chocolate bars

From least to most processed, this one ranks 160th. 94% of the candy chocolate bars 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 201 candy chocolate bars, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7622201143480, last edited 29 September 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.