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Is M&S Food Milk & Choco Hazelnut Pillows ultra-processed?

375 g Filled cereals Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of M&S Food Milk & Choco Hazelnut Pillows

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:

  • 28 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed extruded cereals

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

blo wheatflour, oat flour, chocolate 15%, hazelnut flavoured filling nut 15% (sugar cornflour rapeseed oil, allergy sunflower oil cocoa powder hazelnut paste dried skimmed milk cocoa butter, emulsifier, lecithin flavouring antioxidant (tocopherol-rich extract)), rice flour milk flavoured filling 14% (sugar rapeseed oil sunflower oil, dried skimmed milk dried whole milk, lactose, emulsifier, lecithin flavouring antioxidant (tocopherol-rich extract)), sugar wheat bran, cocoa powder fat reduced cocoa powder salt iron niacin pantothenic acid biotin, vitamins, b12 folic acid riboflavins, vitamins, vitamin b6, thiamin, b s, 14, r, a, b

As written on the pack

• blo wheatflour (contains gluten) · oat flour, chocolate and hazelnut flavoured filling nut (15%) (sugar cornflour rapeseed oil - allergy sunflower oil cocoa powder hazelnut paste dried skimmed milk cocoa butter, emulsifier, lecithin flavouring antioxidant: tocopherol-rich extract) rice flour milk flavoured filling (14%) (sugar rapeseed oil sunflower oil - dried skimmed milk dried whole milk - lactose (milk) - emulsifier, lecithin flavouring antioxidant: tocopherol-rich extract) sugar wheat bran (contains gluten) cocoa powder fat reduced cocoa powder salt iron niacin pantothenic acid biotin - vitamin b12 folic acid riboflavins, vitamin b6 - thiamin, * b s , 14 , r * • a • b

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.

  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 26 filled cereals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 2nd. 100% of the filled cereals 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 26 filled cereals, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 29308897, 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.