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Is Lidl Mousse Proteica Gusto Cioccolato ultra-processed?

175 gram Dairy mousses Sold in the United Kingdom, Bulgaria and 11 more countries

Pack of Lidl Mousse Proteica Gusto Cioccolato

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:

  • 25 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed dairy desserts

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

mousse with cocoa, with sweeteners, no lactose! ingredient semi-skimmed pasteurized milk, milk protein 6.7%, cocoa per bag beef 4%, modified starch, guar gum, carrageenan, stabilizers of 80 rosfats, sodium carbonates, acesulfame k sucralose, natural flavouring, sugars lactase, with nitrogen, contains natural arch 8 sweeteners, ta, org, lactose content, lt, g, quot, unopened, at a temperature not exceeding 8°c, best 3 batch see cover, manufactured by odv frischproducte

Additives: E14XX Modified Starch , E407 Carrageenan , E412 Guar gum , E941 Nitrogen , E955 Sucralose

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E941 Nitrogen, E955 Sucralose.

As written on the pack

mousse with cocoa, with sweeteners, no added sugars***, no lactose! ingredient semi-skimmed pasteurized milk, 6,7% milk protein, 4% cocoa per bag beef, modified starch, thickeners: guar gum, carrageenan, stabilizers of 80 rosfats, sodium carbonates, sweeteners: acesulfame k sucralose, natural flavouring, sugars lactase, treated with nitrogen, **high protein content, ***contains natural arch 8 sweeteners, ****certified rainforest alliance, ta,org, 'lactose content: ,lt,0,g/10, ,quot, 3 unopened, at a temperature not exceeding 8°c, best 3 batch see cover, manufactured by odv frischproducte

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.

  • E14xx Modified Starch Modified starches (E1400 to E1452) are starches treated physically, with enzymes or chemically so that they thicken and hold up to heating, freezing or acidity better than ordinary starch.
  • E407 Carrageenan Carrageenan is a thickener and gelling agent extracted from red seaweed, used widely in dairy desserts, plant-based drinks and processed meats.
  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • E941 Nitrogen Propellants are gases other than air which expel a foodstuff from a container.
  • E955 Sucralose Sucralose is a sweetener made by chlorinating sugar.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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  • Sweetener Sweeteners give sweetness with few or no calories, many at hundreds of times the strength of sugar.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

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.

  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
1 ingredient that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 10 dairy mousses

From least to most processed, this one ranks 10th. 100% of the dairy mousses 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 10 dairy mousses, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489724070, 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.