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Is Crownfield Whipped Chocolate Orange ultra-processed?

5 x 20g Nougats Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Crownfield Whipped Chocolate Orange

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:

  • 36 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed confectioneries

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

Milk Chocolate Flavour Coating 28% (Sugar, Vegetable Fat (Palm, Shea), Skimmed Milk Powder, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Whey Milk Powder, Emulsifiers, Soya Lecithins, Polyglycerol Polyricinoleate), Glucose Syrup, Sugar, Bulking Agent (Polydextrose), Water, Oligofructose, Bamboo Fibre, Candied Orange Peel 3% (Orange Peel 1.5%, Sugar, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Natural Flavourings, Preservative (Potassium Sorbate)), Vegetable Fats (Palm, Palm Kernel), Egg White, Skimmed Milk Powder, Salt, Natural Flavouring, Caramelised Sugar Syrup, Emulsifier (Sunflower Lecithins)

Additives: E1200 Polydextrose , E202 Potassium sorbate , E322 Lecithins , E330 Citric acid , E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate

As written on the pack

28% Milk Chocolate Flavour Coating (Sugar, Vegetable Fat [Palm, Shea], Skimmed Milk Powder, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder**, Whey Milk Powder, Emulsifiers; Soya Lecithins, Polyglycerol Polyricinoleate), Glucose Syrup, Sugar, Bulking Agent: Polydextrose; Water, Oligofructose, Bamboo Fibre, 3% Candied Orange Peel (50% Orange Peel, Sugar, Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid; Natural Flavourings, Preservative: Potassium Sorbate), Vegetable Fats (Palm, Palm Kernel), Dried Egg White, Skimmed Milk Powder, Salt, Natural Flavouring, Caramelised Sugar Syrup, Emulsifier: Sunflower Lecithins.

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.
  • E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate Polyglycerol polyricinoleate (PGPR) is an emulsifier made from castor oil.
  • Bulking agent Bulking agents are substances which contribute to the volume of a foodstuff without contributing significantly to its available energy value.
  • 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.

  • 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.
  • 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.
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.

  • E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • Chocolates Products in the category "Chocolates" are at least group 3.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • 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.
  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 12 nougats

From least to most processed, this one ranks 10th. 100% of the nougats 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 12 nougats, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489902331, last edited 4 June 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.