Is Creamy Caramel & Sea Salt ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 32 ingredients
- 2 additives
- Nutri-Score E
Less processed caramel chocolates
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
b21351, Lily Brien's Devilishly handsome and super slick, this creamy choc is one smooth operator Creamy Caramel and Sea Salt A dash of sea salt lifts our beloved creamy caramel combined with milk chocolate to form the perfect treat! I can't wait for you to tear open this bag and start the latest chapter of the Lily O' Brien story, range of mouth-watering chocolate discs created for you to enjoy your favourite treat anywhere, Open the bag and melt into your perfect chocolate moment, Keep it just for yourself and share! and remember that your love for chocolate is at the heart of everything I do, You are part of the Lily O' Brien story too, Soya Lecithin (ultra-processing marker), Natural Vanilla Flavouring (ultra-processing marker), Sticky Toffee Caramel Sugar, Glucose ngredients Milk Chocolate 75% (Sugar (processing marker), Whole Milk Powder (processing marker), Cocoa Butter (processing marker), Cocoa Mass, Syrup, Coconut Oil (processing marker), Water, Milk, Milk, Sugar (processing marker), L Chocolate (Sugar (processing marker), Cocoa Butter (processing marker), Cocoa Mass, Whole Milk Powder (processing marker), Whey Powder (ultra-processing marker), Soya Lecithin (ultra-processing marker), Butter (processing marker), Salt (processing marker))), Sea Salt (processing marker) 0.1%, Natural Flavouring (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin
As written on the pack
B21351/05F Lily Brien's Devilishly handsome and super slick, this creamy choc is one smooth operator Creamy Caramel & Sea Salt A dash of sea salt lifts our beloved creamy caramel combined with milk chocolate to form the perfect treat! I can't wait for you to tear open this bag and start the latest chapter of the Lily O' Brien story - a range of mouth-watering chocolate discs created for you to enjoy your favourite treat anywhere. Open the bag and melt into your perfect chocolate moment. Keep it just for yourself or share! And remember that your love for chocolate is at the heart of everything I do. You are part of the Lily O' Brien story too. Emulsifier (Soya Lecithin), Natural Vanilla Flavouring], Sticky Toffee Caramel Sugar, Glucose ngredients Milk Chocolate 75% [Sugar, Whole Milk Powder, Cocoa Butter, Cocoa Mass, Syrup, Coconut Oil, Water, Sweetened Skimmed Condensed Milk (Milk, Sugar, L Chocolate (Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Cocoa Mass, Whole Milk Powder, Whey Powder (Milk), Emulsifier (Soya Lecithin), Butter (Milk), Salt)], Sea Salt (0.1%), Natural Flavouring
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.
- 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.
- Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
8 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.
- Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- 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.
- Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.
Among 20 caramel chocolates
From least to most processed, this one ranks 10th. 85% of the caramel chocolates here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5390394014581, last edited 9 May 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.