Is Marabou Toffee whole nut ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 20 ingredients
- 1 additive
- Nutri-Score E
Less processed chocolate candies
-
Mandel smör EKO
Superfruit foods
1 ingredient · no additives
NOVA group
3
-
Pink himalayan salt caramel bar
Vosges
12 ingredients · no additives
NOVA group
2
-
Dark milk chocolate with blood orange
Marks & Spencer
6 ingredients · no additives
NOVA group
3
-
Dark Chocolate
Waitrose & Partners
3 ingredients · no additives
NOVA group
3
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Socker (processing marker), palmolja, kakaosmör, skummjölkspulver (processing marker) 7%, hasselnötter, vasslepulver (ultra-processing marker), kakaomassa, glukossirap (ultra-processing marker), smörfett, sockrad kondenserad skummjölk, fuktighetsbevarande medel (ultra-processing marker) (glycerol (ultra-processing marker)), emulgeringsmedel (ultra-processing marker) (sojalecitin, solroslecitin), invertsocker (ultra-processing marker), karamelliserad sockersirap (processing marker) 0.4%, hasselnötsmassa, aromer (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker)
Additives: E422 Glycerol
As written on the pack
Socker, palmolja, kakaosmör, skummjölkspulver 7 %, hasselnötter, vasslepulver (mjölk), kakaomassa, glukossirap, smörfett, sockrad kondenserad skummjölk, fuktighetsbevarande medel (glycerol), emulgeringsmedel (sojalecitin, solroslecitin), invertsocker, karamelliserad sockersirap 0,4 %, hasselnötsmassa, aromer, salt.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
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.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- 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.
Among 773 chocolate candies
From least to most processed, this one ranks 614th. 91% of the chocolate candies here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7622210741981, 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.