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Is Ferrero Rocher Dark chocolate with hazelnut pieces and hazelnut filling ultra-processed?

90g Dark chocolates Sold in the United Kingdom and Morocco

Pack of Ferrero Rocher Dark chocolate with hazelnut pieces and hazelnut filling

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:

  • 42 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed dark 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

cocoa mass, sugar, palm oil, hazelnuts 10%, fat-reduced cocoa powder 3.5%, cocoa butter, whey powder, anhydrous milk fat, lecithins, vanillin, chocolate contains cocoa solids 70%, ua dark chocolate 60%, with nut filling 37%, chopped hazelnuts, ingredients (cocoa mass), sugar, vegetable fat (palm), hazelnuts 10%, cocoa powder 3.5%, cocoa butter, whey powder milk, milk fat, lecithin, vanillin, total cocoa ingredients 45.5%, in chocolate mass 60%, the minimum content of cocoa products is 70%, mcadamia nuts, new, new, dark chocolate bar with hazelnut, cocoa filling, dark chocolate stuffed with hazelnuts, cocoa, cocoa in the outer layer 70%, cocoa products in chocolate coating 70%, hazelnut-hazelnut, nutritional information per serving % ri* per pornia per, size, ha serving size

Additives: E100 Curcumin , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E100 Curcumin.

As written on the pack

cocoa mass, sugar, palm oil, hazelnuts (10%), fat-reduced cocoa powder (3,5%), cocoa butter, whey powder (milk), anhydrous milk fat, emulsifier: lecithins (soya), vanillin, chocolate contains cocoa solids 70% min, may contain almonds, walnuts, cashews, pecan nuts, brazil nuts, pistachios, macadamia nuts, ua dark chocolate (60%) with nut filling (37%) and chopped hazelnuts, ingredients: cocoa mass, sugar, vegetable fat (palm), hazelnuts 10%, fat-free cocoa powder (3,5%), cocoa butter, whey powder milk, milk fat, emulsifier: lecithin (soy), vanillin, total cocoa ingredients: 45,5%, in chocolate mass (60%) the minimum content of cocoa products is 70%, may contain almonds, walnuts, cashews, pecans, brazil nuts, pistachios and mcadamia nuts, new - new, dark chocolate bar with hazelnut , cocoa filling - dark chocolate stuffed with hazelnuts and cocoa, 70% cocoa in the outer layer - 70% cocoa products in chocolate coating, hazelnut-hazelnut, nutritional information per serving % ri* per pornia per 100 g/size (18 g)/ha serving size/

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.

  • E100 Curcumin Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of 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.

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.

  • 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.
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.

  • Chocolates Products in the category "Chocolates" are at least group 3.
  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 400 dark chocolates

From least to most processed, this one ranks 360th. 69% of the dark 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 400 dark chocolates, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8000500447895, last edited 30 September 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.