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Is Lindt Swiss Luxury Selection ultra-processed?

195 g Assorted chocolate candies Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Lindt Swiss Luxury Selection

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:

  • 54 ingredients
  • 12 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

sugar, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, whole milk powder, vegetable fat (palm, coconut, palm kernel, shea, sunflower), almonds, skim milk powder, lactose, anhydrous milk fat, hazelnuts, sweetened condensed milk, glucose syrup, butter, cream, emulsifier (soya lecithin), humectant (sorbitol syrup), coffee, cocoa kernels, rice flour, barley malt extract, wheat flour, orange peel, flavourings, fat reduced cocoa powder, orange juice, egg white, modified starch, maltodextrin, wheat gluten, colours (curcumin, paprika extract, annatto, titanium dioxide), dextrose, wheat malt, stabilizer (sodium triphosphate), salt, wheat starch, acid (citric acid), chocolate contains 31% (cocoa solids), milk 20%, dark chocolate contains 41% (cocoa solids)

Additives: E100 Curcumin , E14XX Modified Starch , E160b Annatto , E160c Paprika extract , E171 Titanium dioxide , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid , E420 Sorbitol , E420ii Sorbitol syrup , E451 Triphosphates , E451i Pentasodium triphosphate

As written on the pack

sugar, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, whole milk powder, vegetable fat (palm, coconut, palm kernel, shea, sunflower), almonds, skim milk powder, lactose, anhydrous milk fat, hazelnuts, sweetened condensed milk, glucose syrup, butter, cream, emulsifier (soya lecithin), humectant (sorbitol syrup), coffee, cocoa kernels, rice flour, barley malt extract, wheat flour, orange peel, flavourings, fat reduced cocoa powder, orange juice concentrate, egg white, modified starch , maltodextrin, wheat gluten, colours (curcumin, paprika extract, annatto, titanium dioxide), dextrose, wheat malt, stabilizer (sodium triphosphate), salt, wheat starch, acid (citric acid), may contain other nuts, milk chocolate contains: cocoa solids: 31% min,, milk solids: 20% min, dark chocolate contains: cocoa solids: 41% 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.

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • E160b Annatto 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.
  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • E171 Titanium dioxide Titanium dioxide is a white pigment.
  • 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.
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  • E420 Sorbitol Sorbitol is a sugar alcohol used as a sweetener and to keep products moist.
  • E451 Triphosphates Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • 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.
  • Humectant Humectants are substances which prevent foods from drying out by counteracting the effect of an atmosphere having a low degree of humidity, or promote the dissolution of a powder in an aqueous medium.
  • 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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • 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.
  • Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
  • Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.
  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
7 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.
  • 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 18th. 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 7610400083607, 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.
  • 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.