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Is Fazer Raspberry and Liquorice ultra-processed?

145 g Milk chocolates Sold in Sweden

Pack of Fazer Raspberry and Liquorice

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:

  • 39 ingredients
  • 4 additives

Less processed milk chocolates

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

Mjölk, mælk, melk, socker, kakaosmör, kakaomassa, orid (salmiak), emulgeringsmedel (sojalecitin), glukossirap, maltodextrin, lakritsextrakt, hallon, hindbær, bringebaer 0.3%, aromer (bla, hallon, hindbær, bringebær), ytbehandlingsmedel (e901, e904), Aläderbärsjuicekoncentrat, koncentrat af byldebærsaft, surhetsreglerande medel (citronsyra), solrosolja, solsikkeolje, salt, modifierad potatisstärkelse, stivelse, färgämne, farvestof É153, Kan indeholde nadder, mandler og kormprodukter, kornslag som indeholder gluten, kakaoterstof

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E510 Ammonium chloride , E901 White and yellow beeswax , E904 Shellac

As written on the pack

Mjölk/mælk/melk, socker, kakaosmör, kakaomassa, orid (salmiak), emulgeringsmedel (sojalecitin), glukossirap, maltodextrin, lakritsextrakt, torkade hallon/hindbær/bringebaer (0.3%), aromer (bla. hallon/hindbær/bringebær), ytbehandlingsmedel (E901, E904), Aläderbärsjuicekoncentrat/ koncentrat af byldebærsaft, surhetsreglerande medel (citronsyra), solrosolja/solsikkeolje, salt, modifierad potatisstärkelse/stivelse, färgämne/farvestof É153). Kan innehålla nötter, mandlar och spannmål som innehåller gluten/Kan indeholde nadder, mandler og kormprodukter/kornslag som indeholder gluten. Mjölkchokladen innehåller minst 30% kakao/kakaoterstof.

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.

  • E901 White and yellow beeswax A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
  • E904 Shellac Shellac is a resin secreted by lac insects, used as a glazing agent on sweets, coated chocolates and fruit.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • 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.
  • Glazing agent Glazing agents, waxes and shellac for example, coat a surface to make it shiny or stop pieces sticking together.
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  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

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.
  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
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.

  • Chocolates Products in the category "Chocolates" are at least group 3.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • 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.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 279 milk chocolates

From least to most processed, this one ranks 270th. 93% of the milk chocolates 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 279 milk chocolates, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 6416453015494, last edited 2 April 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.