Is Cadbury Dairy Milk Roast Almond ultra-processed?

Candy chocolate bars Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
Lactose
E322 Lecithins
E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate

11 ingredients
3 additives
Nutri-Score E

Less processed candy chocolate bars

70% Peruvian Cacao Dark Chocolate Bar Trader Joe's 2 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
Dark Chocolate Bar with Almonds Trader Joe's 5 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
Cacao Crunch Organic Dark Chocolate Taza Chocolate 4 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
lemon bar Larabar 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

sugar (processing marker), milk, cocoa butter, chocolate, lactose (ultra-processing marker), lecithin (ultra-processing marker), pgpr (ultra-processing marker), natural, artificial flavor (ultra-processing marker), almonds, sunflower oil (processing marker)

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate

As written on the pack

sugar, milk, cocoa butter, chocolate, lactose, lecithin (soy), PGPR, natural , artificial flavor, almonds, sunflower oil

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.
Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.

Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.

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.

Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
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 107th. 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 0034000040315, last edited 9 June 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.