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Is Coop Millionairs crispy stackers ultra-processed?

150 g Chocolate candies Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Coop Millionairs crispy stackers

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:

  • 30 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed chocolate candies

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

Ingredients Sugar, Dark Chocolate 22%, Cocoa Mass Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Emulsifier (Lecithins), Flavouring, Margarine, Water, Vegetable Oils (Vegetable Oil (Palm Rapeseed Vegetable Oil), s), Salt, Emulsifier (mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids), Colour (Beta-carotene), Flavouring, Golden Syrup, Crisped Rice 11% (Rice Flour, Rice Bran, Sugar, Rice Bran), Soya Flour, Palm Oil, Emulsifier (Lecithins), Dark Chocolate contains cocoa solids 55%

Additives: E160a Carotene , E160ai Beta-carotene , E322 Lecithins , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

Ingredients Sugar, Dark Chocolate (22%) (Cocoa Mass Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Emulsifier (Lecithins (Soya)), Flavouring), Margarine (Water, Vegetable Oils (Palm Rapeseed), Salt, Emulsifier (Mono - and diglycerides of fatty acids), Colour (Beta-carotene), Flavouring), Golden Syrup, Crisped Rice (11%) (Rice Flour, Rice Bran, Sugar, Rice Bran Extract), Soya Flour, Palm Oil, Emulsifier (Lecithins (Soya)). Dark Chocolate contains cocoa solids 55% minimum.

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.

  • E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
  • 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.
  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
  • 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.

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.

  • Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
4 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.
  • 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 773 chocolate candies

From least to most processed, this one ranks 585th. 91% of the chocolate candies 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 773 chocolate candies, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000128706971, 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.