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Is Choco Shells ultra-processed?

500 g Breakfast cereals rich in fibre Sold in the United Kingdom, Ireland and 6 more countries

Pack of Choco Shells

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:

  • 11 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed breakfast cereals rich in fibre

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

Wheat Semolina 56%, Sugar, Wheat 14%, Flour, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder 7.5%, Glucose Syrup, Cocoa Powder 1.5%, Barley Malt Extract, Salt, Natural Flavouring, Cinnamon

As written on the pack

•56% Wheat Semolina, Sugar, 14% Wholegrain Wheat •Flour, 7.5% Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Glucose Syrup, 1.5% Cocoa Powder, Barley Malt Extract, Salt, Natural Flavouring, Cinnamon.

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.

  • 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.

  • 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.
2 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 52 breakfast cereals rich in fibre

From least to most processed, this one ranks 38th. 69% of the breakfast cereals rich in fibre 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 52 breakfast cereals rich in fibre, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 20067274, last edited 28 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.