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Is Harvest Morn Rice cakes with milk choclate coating ultra-processed?

Puffed rice cakes with milk chocolate Sold in the United Kingdom and Germany

Pack of Harvest Morn Rice cakes with milk choclate coating

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:

  • 14 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed puffed rice cakes with milk chocolate

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

milk chocolate 60% (Sugar, Whole Milk Powder, Cocoa Mass, Cocoa Butter, Emulsifier (Lecithins)), Rice, Brown Rice, Sea Salt, Emulsifier (Lecithins), sources, soya

Additives: E322 Lecithins

As written on the pack

MILK CHOCOLATE (60%) (Sugar, Whole Milk Powder, Cocoa Mass, Cocoa Butter, Emulsifier: Lecithins), Rice, Brown Rice, Sea Salt, Emulsifier: Lecithins. ALLERGY ADVICE: For allergens, see ingredients in Bold. May also contain peanuts, nuts, gluten sources and soya.

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.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
3 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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • 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 16 puffed rice cakes with milk chocolate

From least to most processed, this one ranks 6th. 81% of the puffed rice cakes with milk chocolate 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 16 puffed rice cakes with milk chocolate, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600169088, last edited 26 March 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.