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Is Forest Feast Dark Chocolate Sour Cherries ultra-processed?

120g Bonbons Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Forest Feast Dark Chocolate Sour Cherries

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:

  • 22 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed bonbons

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

Dark Chocolate 70% (cocoa mass, sugar, cocoa butter, soya lecithin, natural vanilla flavouring), Cherries 28% (sour cherries, sugar, sunflower oil), gum arabic, Glucose Syrup, Vegetable Oil (RSPO approved palm oil), Citric Acid, Dark chocolate contains 60% cocoa solids minimum, Our chocolaterie also handles milk, peanuts, nuts, sesame seeds, energy fat nutritional (TYPICAL VALUES PER 100g Best Before End)

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid , E414 Acacia gum

As written on the pack

Dark Chocolate (70%) (cocoa mass, sugar, cocoa butter, emulsifier (soya lecithin), natural vanilla flavouring), Cherries (28%) (sour cherries, sugar, sunflower oil), Glazing Agent (gum arabic), Glucose Syrup, Vegetable Oil (RSPO approved palm oil), Citric Acid. Dark chocolate contains 60% cocoa solids minimum. Allergy Advice: For allergens, see ingredients in bold. Our chocolaterie also handles milk, peanuts, nuts & sesame seeds. ENERGY FAT NUTRITIONAL: TYPICAL VALUES PER 100g Best Before End: 1985kJ/

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.
  • E414 Acacia gum Gum arabic (acacia gum) is the hardened sap of acacia trees, used to stabilise flavour emulsions in soft drinks and to coat sweets.
  • 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.
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.

  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 193 bonbons

From least to most processed, this one ranks 94th. 94% of the bonbons 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 193 bonbons, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5022374054255, last edited 21 May 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.