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Is Cadbury Favourites ultra-processed?

Chocolate candies Sold in Australia

Pack of Cadbury Favourites

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:

  • 91 ingredients
  • 20 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

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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

sugar, glucose syrup (from wheat, corn), milk solids, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, sweetened condensed milk, vegetable oil, peanuts, vegetable fat, coconut, glacé cherries (cherries, wheat glucose syrup, colour (163), food acid (330), sulphites), invert sugar, wheat flour blend, full cream milk, biscuit, golden syrup, cocoa powder, thickener (1401), emulsifiers, soy lecithin, 476, 471, 442 4, humectant (422), rice crisps, gelling agents (500, 450, 509), malt extract (from barley), vegetable gum (440), salt, hydrolysed milk protein, maltodextrin, gelatine, stabilisers (452, 341), flavours, colours (163, 150a, 150c, t, 16uc), food acids (331, 330, 472), enzyme (invertase), milk chocolate contains cocoa solids 26%, milk suids mm 24%, dark chocolate contains cocoa solids 44%, white chocolate contains cocoa solids 23%, milk us s, glucose syrup, milk, soy, sulphites, peaiuis ois, boost unit contans k, soy, re contain wmeat, peanuts, tree nuts, sree nuts, dream unit d soy, sur may contan wheat, peanuts, tree nuts, may contain wneat, peanuts, tree nuts, from imported and local ingredients, milk chocolate 43%, dark chocolate 12%, white chocolate 8%

Additives: E1103 Invertase , E1401 Acid-treated modified starch , E150a Plain caramel , E150c Ammonia caramel , E163 Anthocyanins , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E341 Calcium phosphates , E422 Glycerol , E428 Gelatine , E440 Pectins , E450 Diphosphates , E452 Polyphosphates , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E472 Acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate , E500 Sodium carbonates , E509 Calcium chloride

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E1401 Acid-treated modified starch, E150a Plain caramel, E150c Ammonia caramel, E163 Anthocyanins, E422 Glycerol, E440 Pectins, E450 Diphosphates, E452 Polyphosphates, E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids, E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate, Hydrolysed proteins.

As written on the pack

sugar, glucose syrup (from wheat and corn), milk solids, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, sweetened condensed milk, vegetable oil, peanuts, vegetable fat, coconut (contains sulphites), glacé cherries (cherries, wheat glucose syrup, colour (163), food acid (330), sulphites), invert sugar, wheat flour blend, full cream milk, biscuit (contains wheat), golden syrup, cocoa powder, thickener (1401), emulsifiers (soy lecithin, 476, 471, 442 4, humectant (422), rice crisps, gelling agents (500, 450, 509), malt extract (from barley), vegetable gum (440), salt, hydrolysed milk protein, maltodextrin, gelatine, stabilisers (452, 341), flavours, colours (163, 150a, 150c, t, 16uc), food acids (331, 330, 472), enzyme (invertase), milk chocolate contains cocoa solids 26%, milk suids mm 24%. dark chocolate contains cocoa solids 44%, white chocolate contains cocoa solids 23%, milk us s1%. allergen statement: crunchie unit contains: milk and soy, may contain wheat, peanuts and thee ry kipe unit contains: wheat glucose syrup, milk, soy and sulphites. may contain wheat, peaiuis ois. picic unit contains: wheat, milk, soy and peanuts, may contain tree nuts. boost unit contans k and soy. may contain peanuts and tree nuts, moro unit contains: milk, soy and barley re contain wmeat, peanuts and tree nuts. turkish delight unit contains: milk and soy, may contain peanuts and sree nuts. caramello unit contains: milk and soy, may contain wheat, peanuts and tree nuts. dream unit d soy, may contain wheat, peanuts and tree nuts, dairy milik unit contains: milk and sur may contan wheat, peanuts and tree nuts. old gold unit contains: milk and soy. may contain wneat, peanuts and tree nuts. flake unit contains: milk and soy. may contain peanuts and tree nuts made in australia from imported and local ingredients. milk chocolate (43%), dark chocolate (12%), white chocolate (8%).

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.

  • E1401 Acid-treated modified starch A food additive authorised for industrial food production.
  • E150a Plain caramel Plain caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars.
  • E150c Ammonia caramel Ammonia caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars with ammonia compounds.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • E422 Glycerol Glycerol is a sweet-tasting liquid used to keep products moist and soft.
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  • E428 Gelatine Gelatine is a gelling agent made from collagen in animal skin and bones.
  • E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
  • E452 Polyphosphates Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
  • E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate Polyglycerol polyricinoleate (PGPR) is an emulsifier made from castor oil.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • 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.
  • Gelling agent Gelling agents such as pectin, gelatine or carrageenan set liquids into gels and stabilise textures.
  • Humectant Humectants are substances which prevent foods from drying out by counteracting the effect of an atmosphere having a low degree of humidity, or promote the dissolution of a powder in an aqueous medium.
  • Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.

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.
  • Hydrolysed proteins An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
  • Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
6 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.
  • 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.
  • Enzyme Enzymes carry out traditional processes such as cheese making and baking.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 773 chocolate candies

From least to most processed, this one ranks 773rd. 91% of the chocolate candies 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 773 chocolate candies, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 9300617075332, last edited 21 April 2024), 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.