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Is Cadbury Milk tray ultra-processed?

Bonbons Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Cadbury Milk tray

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:

  • 43 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed bonbons

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

vv fudge dueta perfect praline⭑ ment of chocolates, oil, cocoa butter, glucose syrup, k powder, whey permeate powder whey powder (from milk), fructose syrup, emulsifiers (e442), fat-reduced cocoa powder, milk powder, salt, freeze-dried rings, molasses, acidity regulator rs (carotenes, e150d), rapeseed oil, ain other nuts, lk solids 14%, white chocolate contain ddition to cocoa butter, information per 100 g *reference intakes made under licence from cadbury uk ltd, we are passionate about our great quality cadbury products, not completely satisfied? please contact us (freephone 0800 818181 (uk only)), mondelez uk, po box 7008, birmingham, b30 2pt, mondelez ireland, freephone 1-800 678708 malahide road, coolock, dublin 5, www, cadbury, co, uk occasionally it is necessary to replace a particular chocolate with another of an equally high standard, chocolates should be kept in a cool dry place, exposure to heat and sunlight can cause the cocoa butter to move to the surface, this may result in a harmless white bloom developing on the chocolate, 2204 kj

Additives: E150d Sulphite ammonia caramel , E442 Ammonium phosphatides

As written on the pack

vv fudge dueta perfect praline⭑ ment of chocolates, oil, cocoa butter, glucose syrup, k powder, whey permeate powder whey powder (from milk), roasted fructose syrup, emulsifiers (e442, ), fat-reduced cocoa powder, milk powder, salt, freeze-dried rings, molasses, acidity regulator rs (carotenes, e150d), rapeseed oil, ain other nuts, lk solids 14% minimum, white chocolate contain ddition to cocoa butter, information per 100 g *reference intakes made under licence from cadbury uk ltd, we are passionate about our great quality cadbury products, not completely satisfied? please contact us: freephone 0800 818181 (uk only), mondelez uk, po box 7008, birmingham, b30 2pt, mondelez ireland, freephone 1-800 678708 malahide road, coolock, dublin 5, www,cadbury,co,uk occasionally it is necessary to replace a particular chocolate with another of an equally high standard, chocolates should be kept in a cool dry place, exposure to heat or sunlight can cause the cocoa butter to move to the surface, this may result in a harmless white bloom developing on the chocolate, 2204 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.

  • E150d Sulphite ammonia caramel Sulphite ammonia caramel is the dark brown colour in colas and many sauces, made by heating sugars with sulphite and ammonia compounds.
  • E442 Ammonium phosphatides 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.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.

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.
  • Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
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.
  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 193 bonbons

From least to most processed, this one ranks 100th. 94% of the bonbons 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 193 bonbons, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7622201725976, last edited 27 March 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.