Is Lindt & Sprüngli lindt ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 14 ingredients
- 3 additives
- Nutri-Score D
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
sugar (processing marker), cocoa mass, almonds 7%, orange juice from concentrate 3.9%, cocoa butter, anhydrous milk fat, invert sugar (ultra-processing marker), lemon juice from concentrate, emulsifier (ultra-processing marker) (soya lecithin (ultra-processing marker)), pineapple, gelling agent (ultra-processing marker) (pectin (ultra-processing marker)), natural orange flavouring (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E440 Pectins
As written on the pack
sugar, cocoa mass, almonds 7%, orange juice from concentrate 3,9%, cocoa butter, anhydrous milk fat, invert sugar, lemon juice from concentrate, emulsifier (soya lecithin), pineapple, gelling agent (pectin), natural orange flavouring
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.
- E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
- 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.
- Gelling agent Gelling agents such as pectin, gelatine or carrageenan set liquids into gels and stabilise textures.
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.
- Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
3 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.
- Chocolates Products in the category "Chocolates" are at least group 3.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.
Among 56 dark chocolate bar
From least to most processed, this one ranks 56th. 55% of the dark chocolate bar here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 3046920028400, last edited 24 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 D (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.