Is Lindt Lindor Milk Chocolate ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 17 ingredients
- 2 additives
Less processed milk chocolates
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Dark Milk Chocolate
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4 ingredients · no additives
NOVA group
3
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single origin milk chocolate
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NOVA group
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NOVA group
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
sugar (processing marker), vegetable fat (processing marker) (coconut, palm kernel), cocoa butter (processing marker), cocoa mass, whole milk powder (processing marker), lactose (ultra-processing marker), skim milk powder (processing marker), anhydrous milk fat, emulsifier (ultra-processing marker) (soya lecithin (ultra-processing marker)), barley malt extract, flavourings (ultra-processing marker), Milk chocolate contains 31% (Cocoa solids), Milk 20%
Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin
As written on the pack
sugar, vegetable fat (coconut, palm kernel), cocoa butter, cocoa mass, whole milk powder, lactose, skim milk powder, anhydrous milk fat, emulsifier (soya lecithin), barley malt extract, flavourings. May contain hazelnuts, almonds and other nuts. Milk chocolate contains: Cocoa solids: 31% min., Milk solids: 20% min.
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.
- 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.
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.
- Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.
5 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.
- Vegetable fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
- 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.
Among 279 milk chocolates
From least to most processed, this one ranks 205th. 93% of the milk chocolates here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 3046920021005, last edited 27 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.
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.