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Is Fin Careé Salted Pretzel Milk Chocolate ultra-processed?

Milk chocolate bar Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Fin Careé Salted Pretzel Milk Chocolate

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:

  • 16 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed milk chocolate bar

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

Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Whole Milk Powder 16%, Cocoa Mass, Pretzel Pieces 9% (Wheat Flour, Salt, Sunflower Oil, Barley Malt Flour, Yeast, Sodium Hydroxide), Skimmed Milk Powder 4%, Sea Salt 0.5%, Hazelnut Paste, Sunflower Lecithins, Natural Vanilla Flavouring

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E524 Sodium hydroxide

As written on the pack

Sugar, Cocoa Butter, 16% Whole Milk Powder, Cocoa Mass, 9% Pretzel Pieces (Wheat Flour, Salt, Sunflower Oil, Barley Malt Flour, Yeast, Acidity Regulator: Sodium Hydroxide), 4% Skimmed Milk Powder, 0.5% Sea Salt, Hazelnut Paste, Emulsifier: Sunflower Lecithins; Natural Vanilla 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.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
7 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 36 milk chocolate bar

From least to most processed, this one ranks 12th. 89% of the milk chocolate bar 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 36 milk chocolate bar, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489352914, last edited 30 August 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.