Is it ultra-processed?
Menu

Is Cadbury Mini Rolls Raspberry ultra-processed?

27 Sweet snacks Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Cadbury Mini Rolls Raspberry

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:

  • 70 ingredients
  • 12 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed sweet snacks

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 32%, sugar, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, skimmed milk, milk fat, vegetable fats (palm, shea, sal, mango in varying proportions), whey (from milk), emulsifier (soy lecithin), vanilla flavour filling 19% (vegetable oils (palm vegetable oils, rapeseed vegetable oils), glucose syrup, dextrose, sugar, water, emulsifier (e471), flavouring, plum 13%, raspberry jam 13%, glucose, fructose syrup, plum, sugar, raspberry purée, gelling agent (pectin), acid (citric acid), acidity regulator (sodium citrates), colour (anthocyanins), preservative (potassium sorbate), flavouring), wheat flour (with added calcium, iron, niacin, thiamin), sugar, water, humectant (glycerol), whole egg, vegetable oils (palm vegetable oils, rapeseed vegetable oils), raising agents (sodium bicarbonate, e450), soya flour, whey (from milk), egg white, emulsifier (e471), salt, preservative (potassium sorbate), milk protein

Additives: E163 Anthocyanins , E202 Potassium sorbate , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E422 Glycerol , E440 Pectins , E450 Diphosphates , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

milk chocolate (32%) sugar, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, dried skimmed milk, milk fat, vegetable fats (palm, shea, sal, mango in varying proportions), dried whey (from milk), emulsifier (soy lecithin)), vanilla flavour filling (19 % ) (vegetable oils (palm, rapeseed), glucose syrup, dextrose, sugar, water, emulsifier (e471), flavouring], plum and raspberry jam (13%) glucose - fructose syrup, plum purée, sugar, raspberry purée, gelling agent (pectin), acid (citric acid), acidity regulator (sodium citrates), colour (anthocyanins), preservative (potassium sorbate), flavouring), wheat flour (with added calcium, iron, niacin, thiamin), sugar, water, humectant (glycerol), dried whole egg, vegetable oils (palm, rapeseed), raising agents (sodium bicarbonate, e450), soya flour, dried whey (from milk), dried egg white, emulsifier (e471), salt, preservative (potassium sorbate), milk protein.

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.

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
Show 5 more
  • 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.

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.
  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
  • 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.
  • Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
7 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.

  • E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • 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 5,433 sweet snacks

From least to most processed, this one ranks 5364th. 86% of the sweet snacks 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 5,433 sweet snacks, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000221508076, 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.