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Is Dessert Menu Chocolate Mousse ultra-processed?

360g Chocolate mousses Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Dessert Menu Chocolate Mousse

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:

  • 18 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed desserts

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

Skimmed Milk, Water, Sugar, milk chocolate 8% (Sugar, Cocoa Mass, Whole Milk Powder, Cocoa Butter, Skimmed Milk), Coconut Oil, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Tapioca Starch, Pork Gelatine, Skimmed Milk, Emulsifier (Lactic Acid Esters of mono- and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids), Cream, Flavouring

Additives: E428 Gelatine , E472b Lactic acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

Skimmed Milk, Water, Sugar, MILK CHOCOLATE POWDER (8%) (Sugar, Cocoa Mass, Whole Milk Powder, Cocoa Butter*, Dried Skimmed Milk), Coconut Oil, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder*, Tapioca Starch, Pork Gelatine, Dried Skimmed Milk, Emulsifier: Lactic Acid Esters of Mono-and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids; Cream (Milk), 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.

  • E428 Gelatine Gelatine is a gelling agent made from collagen in animal skin and bones.
  • E472b Lactic acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • 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.
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.

  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • 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 17 chocolate mousses

From least to most processed, this one ranks 3rd. 100% of the chocolate mousses 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 17 chocolate mousses, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600211152, last edited 1 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.