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Is Crownfield Whipped Toffee ultra-processed?

5 x 20g Nougats Sold in the United Kingdom and Germany

Pack of Crownfield Whipped Toffee

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:

  • 44 ingredients
  • 3 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 Powder, Emulsifiers (Soya Lecithins), Polyglycerol Polyricinoleate), Glucose Syrup, Bulking Agent (Polydextrose), Rice Crisped 9% (Rice Flour, Sugar, Salt), Water, Sugar, Oligofructose, Bamboo Fibre, Vegetable Fats (Palm, Palm Kernel), Egg White, Skimmed Milk Powder, Caramel 1% (Sugar, Glucose Syrup, Vegetable Fats (Palm, Palm Kernel), Skimmed Milk Powder, Butter, Salt 0.6%, Emulsifier (Soya Lecithins), Natural Vanilla Flavouring), Salt, Caramelised Sugar Syrup, Emulsifier (Sunflower Lecithins), Natural Flavouring

Additives: E1200 Polydextrose , E322 Lecithins , 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 Powder (Milk), Emulsifiers: Soya Lecithins, Polyglycerol Polyricinoleate), Glucose Syrup, Bulking Agent: Polydextrose; 9% Rice Crisped (Rice Flour, Sugar, Salt), Water, Sugar, Oligofructose, Bamboo Fibre, Vegetable Fats (Palm, Palm Kernel), Dried Egg White, Skimmed Milk Powder, 1% Caramel Pieces (Sugar, Glucose Syrup, Vegetable Fats [Palm, Palm Kernel], Skimmed Milk Powder, Butter (Milk), 0.6% Salt, Emulsifier: Soya Lecithins; Natural Vanilla Flavouring), Salt, Caramelised Sugar Syrup, Emulsifier: Sunflower Lecithins, 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
6 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.

  • 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.
  • 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 12th. 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 4056489825500, last edited 13 July 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.