Is Cadbury Timeout Wafer ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- Emulsifier
- Flavouring
- Whey
- E322 Lecithins
- E442 Ammonium phosphatides
- E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate
- 25 ingredients
- 5 additives
- Nutri-Score E
Less processed wafers
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
sugar (processing marker), wheat flour, vegetable oils (processing marker) (palm vegetable oils, rapeseed vegetable oils), cocoa butter, cocoa mass, skimmed milk powder (processing marker), whey permeate (ultra-processing marker) (from milk), wheat starch (processing marker), milk fat, fat-reduced cocoa powder 1%, emulsifiers (ultra-processing marker) (e442 (ultra-processing marker), soya lecithins (ultra-processing marker), e476 (ultra-processing marker)), potato starch (processing marker), salt (processing marker), raising agents (e500, e503), whey powder (ultra-processing marker) (from milk), flavourings (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E322 Lecithins , E442 Ammonium phosphatides , E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate , E500 Sodium carbonates , E503 Ammonium carbonates
As written on the pack
sugar, wheat flour, vegetable oils (palm, rapeseed), cocoa butter, cocoa mass, skimmed milk powder, whey permeate (from milk), wheat starch, milk fat, fat-reduced cocoa powder (1%), emulsifiers (e442, soya lecithins, e476), potato starch, salt, raising agents (e500, e503), whey powder (from milk), flavourings
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.
- 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.
- E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate Polyglycerol polyricinoleate (PGPR) is an emulsifier made from castor oil.
- 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.
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.
- 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.
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.
- Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
- 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.
- Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.
Among 56 wafers
From least to most processed, this one ranks 45th. 91% of the wafers here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7622201428723, last edited 16 May 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.