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Is Cadburys Mini snow balls chocolate imp ultra-processed?

110g Candy chocolate bars Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Cadburys Mini snow balls chocolate imp

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:

  • 23 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed candy chocolate bars

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, sugar, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, vegetable fats (palm, shea), whole milk powder, emulsifiers (lecithins, e443, e476), rice starch, thickener (gum arabic), flavourings, maize protein, the equivalent of 426 ml of fresh liquid milk in every 227 g of family milk chocolate, milk chocolate (milk 20%), actual 23%, coco solids 20%, contains vegetable fats in addition to cocoa butter

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E414 Acacia gum , E443 Brominated vegetable oil , E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate

As written on the pack

milk, sugar, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, vegetable fats (palm, shea), whole milk powder, emulsifiers (lecithins, e443 e476), rice starch, thickener (gum arabic), flavourings, maize protein, may contain nuts and wheat, the equivalent of 426 ml of fresh liquid milk in every 227 g of family milk chocolate, milk chocolate: milk solids 20 % minimum, actual 23 %, coco solids 20% minimum, contains vegetable fats in addition to cocoa butter

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.
  • E414 Acacia gum Gum arabic (acacia gum) is the hardened sap of acacia trees, used to stabilise flavour emulsions in soft drinks and to coat sweets.
  • E443 Brominated vegetable oil A food additive authorised for industrial food production.
  • 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.
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  • Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.
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.

  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • 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.
  • 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 201 candy chocolate bars

From least to most processed, this one ranks 157th. 94% of the candy chocolate bars 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 201 candy chocolate bars, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7622201674069, last edited 22 April 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.