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Is Lindt Lindor Salted Caramel ultra-processed?

Filled chocolates Sold in Ireland and Bulgaria

Pack of Lindt Lindor Salted Caramel

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
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed filled chocolates

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

sugar, vegetable fat (coconut, palm kernel), cocoa butter, whole milk powder, cocoa mass, lactose, caramel 2% (sugar, cocoa butter, cream, salt, soya lecithin), skim milk powder, anhydrous milk fat, soya lecithin, flavourings, sea salt 0.2% (fleur de sel), barley malt extract, salt, 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, whole milk powder, cocoa mass, lactose, caramel 2% (sugar, cocoa butter, cream powder, salt, emulsifier (soya lecithin)), skim milk powder, anhydrous milk fat, emulsifier (soya lecithin), flavourings, sea salt (fleur de sel) 0,2%, barley malt extract, salt, 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.
  • 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.
6 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.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 36 filled chocolates

From least to most processed, this one ranks 16th. 92% of the filled chocolates 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 36 filled chocolates, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7610400092180, last edited 28 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.