Is Galaxy Minstrels ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 16 ingredients
- 7 additives
- Nutri-Score E
Less processed filled chocolates
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
sugar (processing marker), skimmed milk powder (processing marker), cocoa butter (processing marker), cocoa mass, whey permeate (ultra-processing marker), palm fat, milk fat, soya lecithin (ultra-processing marker), dextrin (ultra-processing marker), e162 (ultra-processing marker), E53, e100 (ultra-processing marker), starch (processing marker), carnauba wax (ultra-processing marker), palm kernel oil, e500
Additives: E100 Curcumin , E1400 Dextrin , E162 Beetroot red , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E500 Sodium carbonates , E903 Carnauba wax
As written on the pack
sugar, skimmed milk powder, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, whey permeate, palm fat, milk fat, emulsifier (soya lecithin), dextrin, colours (E162, E53, E100), starch, glazing agent (carnauba wax), palm kernel oil, raising agent (E500)
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.
- E1400 Dextrin Dextrin is starch partly broken down by heat or acid, used as a thickener, binder and coating.
- E162 Beetroot red 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.
- E903 Carnauba wax Carnauba wax comes from the leaves of a Brazilian palm and gives sweets and coated chocolates their shine.
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.
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.
- Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
- 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.
- Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.
Among 36 filled chocolates
From least to most processed, this one ranks 30th. 92% of the filled chocolates here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000159571203, last edited 7 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.