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Is Lily O'Brien's Desserts collection ultra-processed?

210 g Assorted chocolate candies Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Lily O'Brien's Desserts collection

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:

  • 144 ingredients
  • 14 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

dark chocolate (cocoa mass, sugar, cocoa butter, emulsifier (soya lecithin), natural vanilla flavouring), milk chocolate (sugar, whole milk powder, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, emulsifier (soya lecithin), natural vanilla flavouring), white chocolate (sugar, cocoa butter, whole milk powder, emulsifier (soya lecithin), natural vanilla flavouring), chocolate filling (vegetable oil (palm vegetable oil), sugar, whole milk powder, cocoa butter, milk fat, cocoa mass, emulsifier (soya lecithin), natural vanilla flavouring), caramel (sugar, glucose syrup, coconut oil, water, milk (milk, sugar, lactose), milk chocolate (sugar, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, whole milk powder, whey powder, emulsifier (soya lecithin), butter, natural flavouring, salt)), glucose syrup, lemon filling (glucose syrup, sugar, sweetened condensed skimmed milk (milk, sugar), water, palm oil, stabiliser (sorbitol), modified starch (maize), lemon, acidity regulator (citric acid), natural lemon flavouring, emulsifier (mono, diglycerides of fatty acids), colour (beta carotene)), hazelnuts praline (hazelnuts, sugar, emulsifier (soya lecithin), natural vanilla flavouring), hazelnuts (hazelnuts, sugar, caramel (sugar, water)), invert sugar syrup, vegetable oil (rapeseed vegetable oil), water, raspberry (raspberries, glucose syrup), brown sugar, biscuit pieces (wheat flour, sugar, wheat malt, wheat starch, raising agent (sodium bicarbonate), salt, natural vanilla flavouring), acidity regulator (citric acid), natural flavours, chocolate coated toffee balls (sugar, whole milk powder, cocoa butter, glucose syrup, cocoa mass, butter, skimmed milk powder, emulsifier (soya lecithin), glazing agent (gum arabic), natural flavouring, salt, vegetable fat (palm), raising agent (sodium bicarbonate)), white meringue pieces (sugar, wheat starch, egg albumen, vegetable fat, shea, palm, soya), lemon oil, lime oil, colourings (carotene, sunflower oil), green colour (curcumin, copper chlorophyll), milk chocolate contains cocoa solids 30%, milk 20%, dark chocolate contains cocoa solids 55%

Additives: E100 Curcumin , E141 Copper complexes of chlorophylls and chlorophyllins , E141i Copper complexes of chlorophylls , E14XX Modified Starch , E160a Carotene , E160ai Beta-carotene , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid , E414 Acacia gum , E420 Sorbitol , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate , E570 Fatty acids

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E141 Copper complexes of chlorophylls and chlorophyllins.

As written on the pack

dark chocolate [cocoa mass, sugar, cocoa butter, emulsifier (soya lecithin), natural vanilla flavouring], milk chocolate [sugar, whole milk powder, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, emulsifier (soya lecithin), natural vanilla flavouring], white chocolate [sugar, cocoa butter, whole milk powder, emulsifier (soya lecithin), natural vanilla flavouring], chocolate filling [vegetable oil (palm), sugar, whole milk powder, cocoa butter, milk fat, cocoa mass, emulsifier (soya lecithin), natural vanilla flavouring], caramel [sugar, glucose syrup, coconut oil, water, sweetened skimmed condensed milk (milk, sugar, lactose (milk)), milk chocolate (sugar, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, whole milk powder, whey powder (milk), emulsifier (soya lecithin), butter (milk), natural flavouring, salt)], glucose syrup, lemon filling [glucose syrup, sugar, sweetened condensed skimmed milk (milk, sugar), water, palm oil, stabiliser (sorbitol), modified starch (maize), lemon concentrate, acidity regulator (citric acid), natural lemon flavouring, emulsifier (mono , diglycerides of fatty acids), colour (beta carotene)], hazelnuts praline [hazelnuts, sugar, emulsifier (soya lecithin), natural vanilla flavouring], caramelised hazelnuts [hazelnuts, sugar, caramel (sugar, water)], invert sugar syrup, vegetable oil (rapeseed), water, freeze dried raspberry pieces (raspberries, glucose syrup), brown sugar, biscuit pieces [wheat flour, sugar, wheat malt, wheat starch, raising agent (sodium bicarbonate), salt, natural vanilla flavouring)], acidity regulator (citric acid), natural flavours, chocolate coated toffee balls [sugar, whole milk powder, cocoa butter, glucose syrup, cocoa mass, butter (milk), skimmed milk powder, emulsifier (soya lecithin), glazing agent (gum arabic), natural flavouring, salt, vegetable fat (palm), raising agent (sodium bicarbonate)], white meringue pieces [sugar, wheat starch, egg albumen, vegetable fat (shea, palm , soya], lemon oil, lime oil, colourings (carotene, sunflower oil), green colour (curcumin, copper chlorophyll), milk chocolate contains cocoa solids 30% minimum, milk solids 20% minimum, dark chocolate contains cocoa solids 55% 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.
  • E141 Copper complexes of chlorophylls and chlorophyllins 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.
  • 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.
  • E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
  • 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.
  • E414 Acacia gum Gum arabic (acacia gum) is the hardened sap of acacia trees, used to stabilise flavour emulsions in soft drinks and to coat sweets.
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  • E420 Sorbitol Sorbitol is a sugar alcohol used as a sweetener and to keep products moist.
  • 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.
  • Glazing agent Glazing agents, waxes and shellac for example, coat a surface to make it shiny or stop pieces sticking together.
  • 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.

  • 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.
  • Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
  • Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.
  • 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.
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.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • 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 19 assorted chocolate candies

From least to most processed, this one ranks 15th. 100% of the assorted chocolate candies 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 19 assorted chocolate candies, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5390394017261, last edited 15 March 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.