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Is Côte d'Or Nougatti ultra-processed?

Chocolate candies Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Côte d'Or Nougatti

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:

  • 22 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score E

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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

sirop de glucose uctose, sucre noisettes 15%, pâte de cacao, lait écrémé en poudre, beurre de cacao, lait entier en poudre, graisse de palme, lactose (de lait), lactosérum en poudre (de lait), beurre concentré, protéines de lactosérum (de lait), émulsifiants (lécithine de soja, lécithine de tournesol), sel, arômes, peut contenir blé, oeuf, arachide et autres fruits à coque

As written on the pack

sirop de glucose uctose, sucre noisettes (15 %), pâte de cacao, lait écrémé en poudre, beurre de cacao, lait entier en poudre, graisse de palme, lactose (de lait), lactosérum en poudre (de lait), beurre concentré, protéines de lactosérum (de lait), émulsifiants (lécithine de soja, lécithine de tournesol), sel, arômes. peut contenir blé, oeuf, arachide et autres fruits à coque.

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

  • Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.
1 ingredient that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • 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 83rd. 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 16222007, last edited 19 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.