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Is Lidl Easter Egg selection ultra-processed?

185g Bonbons Sold in Ireland and Germany

Pack of Lidl Easter Egg selection

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:

  • 49 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed bonbons

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, Cocoa Butter, Whole Milk Powder, Cocoa Mass, Hazelnuts 4%, Glucose Syrup, Humectant (Glycerol), Milk, Shea Fat, Water, Coconut Fat, Palm Fat, Whole Milk (Milk, Sugar), Raspberry Purée 0.45%, Strawberry Purée 0.45%, Emulsifier (Lecithins), Pistachio Paste 0.30000000000000004%, Wheat Flour, Butter Fat, Milk Fat, Maple Syrup, Cream, Marc De Champagne 0.2%, Alcohol 0.2%, Sunflower Oil, Butter, Natural Flavouring, Strawberries 0.12%, Raspberries 0.08%, Salt, Skimmed Milk Powder, Beetroot, Acid (Citric Acid), Barley Malt, Spirulina Concentrate, Colour (Curcumin), Paprika, Milk Chocolate contains (Cocoa Solids 30%), Milk 20%, Dark Chocolate contains (Cocoa Solids 51%, Solids 22%)

Additives: E100 Curcumin , E322 Lecithins , E330 Citric acid , E422 Glycerol

As written on the pack

Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Whole Milk Powder, Cocoa Mass, 4% Hazelnuts, Glucose Syrup, Humectant: Glycerol; Condensed Milk, Shea Fat, Water, Coconut Fat, Palm Fat, Condensed Sweetened Whole Milk (Milk, Sugar), 0.45% Raspberry Purée, 0.45% Strawberry Purée, Emulsifier: Lecithins; 0.3% Pistachio Paste, Wheat Flour, Butter Fat (Milk), Milk Fat, Maple Syrup, Cream (Milk), 0.2% Marc De Champagne, 0.2% Alcohol, Sunflower Oil, Butter (Milk), Natural Flavouring, 0.12% Freeze-Dried Strawberries, 0.08% Freeze-Dried Raspberries, Salt, Skimmed Milk Powder, Beetroot Concentrate, Acid: Citric Acid; Barley Malt, Spirulina Concentrate, Colour: Curcumin; Paprika Concentrate. Milk Chocolate contains: Cocoa Solids 30% Minimum, Milk Solids 20% Minimum. Dark Chocolate contains: Cocoa Solids 51% Minimum. White Chocolate contains: Milk Solids 22% Minimum

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.
  • 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.
  • E422 Glycerol Glycerol is a sweet-tasting liquid used to keep products moist and soft.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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  • Humectant Humectants are substances which prevent foods from drying out by counteracting the effect of an atmosphere having a low degree of humidity, or promote the dissolution of a powder in an aqueous medium.

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.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
8 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.

  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • Maple syrup An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
  • 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.
  • 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 193 bonbons

From least to most processed, this one ranks 138th. 94% of the bonbons 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 193 bonbons, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489364856, last edited 14 June 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.