Is Dairy Box Caramel Heart ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 29 ingredients
- 3 additives
- Nutri-Score E
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
assorted milk chocolates, milk chocolate contains cocoa solids 30%, milk 30%, ingredients (sugar (processing marker)), cocoa butter (processing marker), milk, vegetable fats (processing marker) (palm, shea), cocoa mass, ski whey powder product, glucose-fructose syrup (ultra-processing marker), butterfat, glucose syrup (ultra-processing marker), fat-re humectant (sorbitol (ultra-processing marker)), wheat flour, lecithins (ultra-processing marker), malted wheat flour, salt (processing marker), acid, carmine (ultra-processing marker), natural flavourings (ultra-processing marker), find out more at ra, org important (young children (less than 4 years), have limited chewing ability am choke on small sweets)
Additives: E120 Cochineal , E322 Lecithins , E420 Sorbitol
As written on the pack
assorted milk chocolates, milk chocolate contains cocoa solids 30% minimum and milk , ingredients: sugar, cocoa butter, milk solids, vegetable fats (palm, shea), cocoa mass, ski whey powder product (milk), glucose-fructose syrup, butterfat (milk), glucose syrup, fat-re humectant (sorbitol), wheat flour, emulsifier (lecithins), malted wheat flour, salt, stabiliser acid), colour (carmine), natural flavourings, may contain mustard, soya and nuts, rainforest alliance certified cocoa, find out more at ra,org important: young children (less than 4 years) have limited chewing ability am choke on small sweets,
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.
- E120 Cochineal Carmine is a red colour made from cochineal insects.
- 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.
- E420 Sorbitol Sorbitol is a sugar alcohol used as a sweetener and to keep products moist.
- 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.
- Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
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 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.
Among 776 chocolate candies
From least to most processed, this one ranks 578th. 91% of the chocolate candies here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8445291082007, last edited 4 October 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.