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Is Marabou Paradis ultra-processed?

500 g Filled chocolates Sold in Sweden and France

Pack of Marabou Paradis

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:

  • 52 ingredients
  • 14 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

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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, vegetabiliska fetter (palmolja, sheaolja, palmkärnolja, kokosolja, solrosolja), skummjölkspulver, vasslepulver, smörfett, vassleprodukt, invertsocker, glukossirap, hasselnötter, sockrad kondenserad skummjölk, sorbitoler, invertas, e341ii, mjölkpulver, sojalecitiner, e476, russin, mandel, rom, kokos, apelsinskal, kakaoskalsbitar, alkohol, aromer, salt, gräddpulver, konjak, hallon, äpple, dextros, arom (salmiak), ananasfiber, majs, lakritsextrakt, jordgubbar, e401, e163, e153, e160a, e150a, e150d, apelsinolja, e330, bivax

Additives: E1103 Invertase , E150a Plain caramel , E150d Sulphite ammonia caramel , E153 Vegetable carbon , E160a Carotene , E163 Anthocyanins , E330 Citric acid , E341 Calcium phosphates , E341ii Dicalcium phosphate , E401 Sodium alginate , E420 Sorbitol , E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate , E510 Ammonium chloride , E901 White and yellow beeswax

As written on the pack

Socker, kakaosmör, kakaomassa, vegetabiliska fetter (palmolja, sheaolja, palmkärnolja, kokosolja, solrosolja), skummjölkspulver, vasslepulver (mjölk), smörfett, vassleprodukt (mjölk), invertsocker, glukossirap, hasselnötter, sockrad kondenserad skummjölk, stabiliseringsmedel (sorbitoler, invertas, E341(ii)), mjölkpulver, emulgeringsmedel (sojalecitiner, E476), russin, mandel, rom, kokos, apelsinskal, kakaoskalsbitar, alkohol, aromer, salt, gräddpulver, konjak, hallon, äpple, dextros, arom (salmiak), ananasfiber, majs, lakritsextrakt, jordgubbar, geleringsmedel (E401), färgämnen (E163, E153, E160a, E150a, E150d), apelsinolja, surhetsreglerande medel (E330), ytbehandlingsmedel (bivax).

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.

  • E150a Plain caramel Plain caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars.
  • E150d Sulphite ammonia caramel Sulphite ammonia caramel is the dark brown colour in colas and many sauces, made by heating sugars with sulphite and ammonia compounds.
  • E153 Vegetable carbon A food additive authorised for industrial food production.
  • E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
  • E163 Anthocyanins 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.
  • E401 Sodium alginate A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
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  • E420 Sorbitol Sorbitol is a sugar alcohol used as a sweetener and to keep products moist.
  • E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate Polyglycerol polyricinoleate (PGPR) is an emulsifier made from castor oil.
  • E901 White and yellow beeswax A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
  • 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.

  • 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.
  • Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
  • 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.
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  • 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.
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.

  • 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.
  • 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 filled chocolates

From least to most processed, this one ranks 35th. 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 7310510002566, last edited 8 June 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.