Is Marabou Soft ChocoWhoopies ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 29 ingredients
- 6 additives
- Nutri-Score E
Less processed chocolate cakes
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Socker (processing marker), vetemjöl, glukos-fruktossirap (ultra-processing marker), ägg, rapsolja, kakaosmör (processing marker), skummjölkspulver (processing marker), vasslepulver (ultra-processing marker), kakaomassa, stabiliseringsmedel (glycerol (ultra-processing marker)), potatisstärkelse (processing marker), fettreducerat kakao 1.5%, mjölkfett, sheafett (processing marker), emulgeringsmedel (ultra-processing marker) (sojalecitiner, e475 (ultra-processing marker), e471 (ultra-processing marker), e476 (ultra-processing marker)), bakpulver (difosfater (ultra-processing marker), natriumkarbonater), salt (processing marker), hasselnötsmassa, modifierad majsstärkelse (ultra-processing marker), förtjockningsmedel (ultra-processing marker) (xantangummi (ultra-processing marker)), aromer (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E415 Xanthan gum , E422 Glycerol , E450 Diphosphates , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E475 Polyglycerol esters of fatty acids , E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate
As written on the pack
Socker, vetemjöl, glukos-fruktossirap, ägg, rapsolja, kakaosmör, skummjölkspulver, vasslepulver (mjölk), kakaomassa, stabiliseringsmedel (glycerol), potatisstärkelse, fettreducerat kakao 1,5 %, mjölkfett, sheafett, emulgeringsmedel (sojalecitiner, E475, E471, E476), bakpulver (difosfater, natriumkarbonater), salt, hasselnötsmassa, modifierad majsstärkelse, förtjockningsmedel (xantangummi), aromer.
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.
- E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
- E422 Glycerol Glycerol is a sweet-tasting liquid used to keep products moist and soft.
- E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
- E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
- E475 Polyglycerol esters of fatty acids 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.
- E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate Polyglycerol polyricinoleate (PGPR) is an emulsifier made from castor oil.
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- 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.
- Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.
- 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.
- Glucose Glucose, usually listed as 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.
- Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
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.
- 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.
Among 67 chocolate cakes
From least to most processed, this one ranks 60th. 97% of the chocolate cakes here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7622210850652, last edited 17 May 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.