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Is Lidl white chocolate almond ultra-processed?

504g Ice cream bars coated with chocolate Sold in Germany and Spain

Pack of Lidl white chocolate almond

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
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed ice creams

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

Pastöriserad skummjölk, socker, kakaosmör, vasslekoncentrat (av mjölk), kokosfett, mandel, helmjölkspulver, glukossirap, skummjölkspulver, skummjölkspulver, glukos-fruktossirap, koncentrerat emulgeringsmedel (mono- och diglycerider av fettsyror, lecitiner, polyglycerolpolyricinoleat), fruktkärnmjöl, guarkärnmjöl, morotskoncentrat, naturlig bourbon-vaniljarom, vaniljstång, arom, Läs mer på ra.org, kamutvete, andra nötter, jordnötter

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E412 Guar gum , E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate

As written on the pack

Pastöriserad skummjölk, socker, kakaosmör', vasslekoncentrat (av mjölk), kokosfett, hackad mandel, helmjölkspulver, glukossirap, skummjölkspulver, skummjölkspulver, glukos-fruktossirap, koncentrerat emulgeringsmedel [mono - och diglycerider av fettsyror*, lecitiner (innehåller soja), polyglycerolpolyricinoleat], stabiliseringsmedel (fruktkärnmjöl, guarkärnmjöl), morotskoncentrat, naturlig bourbon-vaniljarom, malen extraherad vaniljstång, arom. 'Rainforest Alliance-certifierad. Läs mer på ra.org. *Vegetabilisk. Kan innehålla spår av vete, råg, korn, havre, dinkelvete, kamutvete, andra nötter och jordnötter. Ursprung skummjölk: EU.

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.
  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate Polyglycerol polyricinoleate (PGPR) is an emulsifier made from castor oil.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.
  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
  • Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
4 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.

  • Ice creams Products in the category "Ice creams" are at least group 3.
  • 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.
  • 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 13 ice cream bars coated with chocolate

From least to most processed, this one ranks 2nd. 100% of the ice cream bars coated with chocolate 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 13 ice cream bars coated with chocolate, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489375081, last edited 8 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.