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Is Marabou Äppelpaj - Limited Edition ultra-processed?

185g Milk chocolate bar Sold in Sweden

Pack of Marabou Äppelpaj - Limited Edition

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:

  • 36 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed milk chocolate bar

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

Socker, kakaosmör, kakaomassa, äppelmassa (glukos-fruktossirap, äppelpuré 1.5%, glukossirap, fuktighetsbevarande medel (e422), socker, vetefiber, geleringsmedel (pektin), surhetsreglerande medel (e330), arom, antioxidationsmedel (e300), solrosolja), vasslepulver, skummjölkspulver, vetemjöl (med tillsatt kalcium, järn, niacin, tiamin), kokosolja, salt, kanel 0.07%, smörfett, vassleprodukt, emulgeringsmedel (sojalecitiner), aromer, bakpulver (e500)

Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid , E330 Citric acid , E422 Glycerol , E440a Pectin , E500 Sodium carbonates

As written on the pack

Socker, kakaosmör, kakaomassa, äppelmassa [glukos-fruktossirap, äppelpurékoncentrat (1,5 %). glukossirap, fuktighetsbevarande medel (E422), socker, vetefiber, geleringsmedel (pektin), surhetsreglerande medel (E330), arom, antioxidationsmedel (E300), solrosolja], vasslepulver (mjölk), skummjölkspulver, vetemjöl (med tillsatt kalcium, järn, niacin, tiamin), kokosolja, salt, kanelpulver (0,07 %), smörfett, vassleprodukt (mjölk), emulgeringsmedel (sojalecitiner), aromer, bakpulver (E500).

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.

  • E422 Glycerol Glycerol is a sweet-tasting liquid used to keep products moist and soft.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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.

  • 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.
  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
  • Whey product An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
  • Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
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 oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • 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 milk chocolate bar

From least to most processed, this one ranks 34th. 89% of the milk chocolate bar 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 milk chocolate bar, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7622201119508, last edited 2 April 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.