Is Choc orange crunch bar ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 16 ingredients
- 3 additives
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Sugar (processing marker), cocoa butter (processing marker), rice (rice syrup, rice starch (processing marker), rice flour), cocoa mass, inulin (ultra-processing marker), shea oil (processing marker), cocoa nibs, flavourings (ultra-processing marker), emulsifier (ultra-processing marker) (sunflower lecithin (ultra-processing marker)), acid (citric acid), sea salt (processing marker)
Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid
As written on the pack
Sugar, cocoa butter*, rice powder (dried rice syrup, rice starch, rice flour), cocoa mass*, inulin, shea oil, cocoa nibs*, flavourings, emulsifier (sunflower lecithin), acid (citric acid), sea 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.
- 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.
- Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
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.
- Chocolates Products in the category "Chocolates" are at least group 3.
- 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 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.
Among 957 chocolates
From least to most processed, this one ranks 786th. 82% of the chocolates here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5010775203327, last edited 27 July 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.
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.