Is Cadbury Dairy milk buttons dessert ultra-processed?

75g Chocolates Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Emulsifier
E412 Guar gum
E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

13 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score E

Less processed chocolates

Dark absolute 99% cacao Lindt Sprungli Sas 5 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
Organic 70% Dark Chocolate Bar Green & Black's 5 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
Dark Milk Chocolate Tesco 4 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
single origin milk chocolate Marks & Spencer 6 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3

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

ingredients water, milk chocolate (closed 30%), milk sugar cuckoo butter cuckumas vegetable fats and (palm, Shea (processing marker)), emulsifier (ultra-processing marker), a442, flavorings concentrated skimmed milk sugar palm oil cream fat reduced cocoa powder modified me is starch emulsifier (e471 (ultra-processing marker)), gelatin dried way (from milk), stabilizers pectin e412 dry glucose syrup acidity regulator sodium citrates salt

Additives: E412 Guar gum , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E412 Guar gum.

As written on the pack

ingredients water, milk chocolate (30% closed) milk sugar cuckoo butter cuckumas vegetable fats and (palm, Shea) emulsifier (a442( flavorings concentrated skimmed milk sugar palm oil cream fat reduced cocoa powder modified me is starch emulsifier (e471) gelatin dried way(from milk) stabilizers pectin e412 dry glucose syrup acidity regulator sodium citrates salt. may contain nuts egg and cereals containing gluten

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.

E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.

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.

Chocolates Products in the category "Chocolates" are at least group 3.
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 959 chocolates

From least to most processed, this one ranks 623rd. 82% of the chocolates 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 959 chocolates, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4025500278366, last edited 20 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.