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Is ICA Choklad Bollar ultra-processed?

240 g Chocolate biscuits Sold in Sweden

Pack of ICA Choklad Bollar

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:

  • 28 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed chocolate biscuits

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

Havregryn, socker, margarin (fett (palm, rapsolja, palmkärnolja, kokosfett), vatten, salt, emulgeringsmedel e471, aromer, surhetsreglerande medel (e330)), kakaoglasyr (socker, olja (palmkärnolja, palmolja, sheaolja), fettreducerat kakaopulver, emulgeringsmedel e492, sojalecitin), kokosflingor, fettreducerat kakaopulver, aromer, konserveringsmedel (e202)

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Havregryn, socker, margarin (vegetabiliskt fett (palm, rapsolja, palmkärnolja, kokosfett), vatten, salt, vegetabiliskt emulgeringsmedel E471, aromer, surhetsreglerande medel E330), kakaoglasyr (socker, vegetabilisk olja (palmkärnolja, palmolja, sheaolja), fettreducerat kakaopulver, vegetabiliskt emulgeringsmedel E492, sojalecitin)), kokosflingor, fettreducerat kakaopulver, aromer, konserveringsmedel E202).

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.

  • 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.

  • E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 301 chocolate biscuits

From least to most processed, this one ranks 20th. 95% of the chocolate biscuits 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 301 chocolate biscuits, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7318690076933, last edited 13 April 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.