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Is Cadbury Mini Rolls Milk Chocolate ultra-processed?

260 g Sponge cakes Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Cadbury Mini Rolls Milk Chocolate

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
  • 7 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed desserts

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 34% (Sugar, Cocoa mass, Cocoa butter, skimmed milk, Milk fat, Vegetable fat (Palm), whey (from milk), Soya lecithin), Vanilla flavour filling 28% (Vegetable oils (Palm Vegetable oils, Rapeseed Vegetable oils), Glucose syrup, Dextrose, Sugar, Water, e471, Flavouring), Sugar, Wheat flour (with added Calcium, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Glucose syrup, Glycerol, whole egg, Fat reduced cocoa, Vegetable oils (Palm Vegetable oils, Rapeseed Vegetable oils), whey (from milk), Soya flour, e450, Sodium bicarbonate, egg white, e471, Salt

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E422 Glycerol , E450 Diphosphates , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

Milk chocolate 34% (Sugar, Cocoa mass, Cocoa butter, Dried skimmed milk, Milk fat, Vegetable fat (Palm), Dried whey (from milk), Emulsifier (Soya lecithin)), Vanilla flavour filling 28% (Vegetable oils (Palm, Rapeseed), Glucose syrup, Dextrose, Sugar, Water, Emulsifier (E471), Flavouring), Sugar, Wheat flour (with added Calcium, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Glucose syrup, Humectant (Glycerol), Dried whole egg, Fat reduced cocoa, Vegetable oils (Palm, Rapeseed), Dried whey (from milk), Soya flour, Raising agents (E450, Sodium bicarbonate), Dried egg white, Emulsifier (E471), Salt.

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.
  • E422 Glycerol Glycerol is a sweet-tasting liquid used to keep products moist and soft.
  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
  • 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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • 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.
5 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 13 sponge cakes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 5th. 100% of the sponge cakes 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 13 sponge cakes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000221602606, last edited 24 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.