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Is Kinder bueno ultra-processed?

43g Candy chocolate bars Sold in the United Kingdom, the United States and 9 more countries

Pack of Kinder bueno

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:

  • 26 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed candy chocolate bars

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 31.5% (sugar, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, skimmed milk powder, concentrated butter, lecithins, vanillin), sugar, palm oil, wheat flour, ground hazelnuts 10.8%, skimmed milk powder, milk powder, dark chocolate (sugar, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, lecithins, vanillin), lean cocoa, lecithins, sodium acid carbonate, ammonium acid carbonate, salt, vanillin

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate , E502 Carbonates

As written on the pack

milk chocolate 31,5 % (sugar, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, skimmed milk powder, concentrated butter, emulsifiers: lecithins [soya], vanillin), sugar, palm oil, wheat flour, ground hazelnuts 10,8%, skimmed milk powder, milk powder, dark chocolate (sugar, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, emulsifiers: lecithins [soya], vanillin), lean cocoa, emulsifiers: lecithins [soya], raising agents (sodium acid carbonate, ammonium acid carbonate), salt, vanillin,

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.
5 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.
  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 201 candy chocolate bars

From least to most processed, this one ranks 32nd. 94% of the candy chocolate bars 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 201 candy chocolate bars, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8000500037560, last edited 29 September 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.