Is Marabou premium ultra-processed?

Milk chocolates Sold in Sweden

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Emulsifier
Flavouring
Glucose

18 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed milk 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

Kakaomassa, socker (processing marker), kakaosmör, fettreducerad kakao, apelsinskal (apelsinskal 2.5%, socker (processing marker), druvsocker (ultra-processing marker), surhetsreglerande medel (citronsyra), konserveringsmedel (processing marker) (e220)), smörfett, aromer (ultra-processing marker), emulgeringsmedel (ultra-processing marker) (sojalecitin), mjölkpulver (processing marker), Minst 70 % kakao

Additives: E220 Sulphur dioxide , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Kakaomassa, socker, kakaosmör, fettreducerad kakao, kanderade apelsinskal (apelsinskal 2,5%, socker, druvsocker, surhetsreglerande medel: citronsyra, konserveringsmedel: E220), smörfett, aromer, emulgeringsmedel (sojalecitin), mjölkpulver. Kan innehålla nötter. Minst 70 % kakao.

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.
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.

Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.

5 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.
Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
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 279 milk chocolates

From least to most processed, this one ranks 156th. 93% of the milk 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 279 milk chocolates, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 13050962, 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.
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 C (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.