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Is Kit Kat Chunky ultra-processed?

4x40g Candy chocolate bars Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Kit Kat Chunky

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
  • 1 additive
  • 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

sugar, wheat flour (contains calcium, iron, thiamin, niacin), milk powders, cocoa mass, vegetable fats (palm, shea, mango kernel, sal), cocoa butter, lactose, proteins from whey, rom mik whey powder (from milk), butterfat (from milk), lecithins, yeast, raising agent, sodium bicarbonate atural flavourings, find out more at rang good nutrition per ormation per reference % food, life ri* good intake

Additives: E322 Lecithins

As written on the pack

sugar, wheat flour (contains calcium, iron, thiamin and niacin), milk powders (whole and skimmed cocoa mass, vegetable fats (palm, shea, mango kernel, sal), cocoa butter, lactose and proteins from whey (rom mik whey powder (from milk), butterfat (from milk), emulsifier (lecithins), yeast, raising agent (sodium bicarbonate atural flavourings, may contain peanuts and tree nuts, rainforest alliance certified cocoa, find out more at rang good nutrition per ormation per reference % food, life ri* good intake*

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.

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.

  • Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.
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.

  • 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.
  • 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 42nd. 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 7613037051179, last edited 19 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.