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Is Marks & Spencer Italian Chocolate Collection ultra-processed?

300g Bonbons Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Marks & Spencer Italian Chocolate Collection

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:

  • 16 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed bonbons

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

Sugar Vegetable Oils (Palm Oil, Palm Kernel Oil, Coconut Oil), Cocoa Butter Cocoa Mass Ground Hazelnuts, Dried Whole Milk Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Whey, Cocoa Powder Cocoa Nibs Rice Flour, Durum Wheatflour, Skimmed Milk, Lactose, Soya Lecithin Vanilla Flavouring, Butter Oil, Dried Milk Fat Salt Milk Protein Glucose Syrup Malted Barley, Raising Agent, Sodium Bicarbonate

Additives: E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

Sugar Vegetable Oils (Palm Oil, Palm Kernel Oil, Coconut Oil) in varying proportions. Cocoa Butter Cocoa Mass Ground Hazelnuts. Dried Whole Milk Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder. Dried Whey (Milk) Cocoa Powder Cocoa Nibs Rice Flour. Durum Wheatflour (contains Gluten) Dried Skimmed Milk. Lactose (Milk) Emulsifier: Soya Lecithin Vanilla Flavouring. Butter Oil (Milk) Dried Milk Fat Salt Milk Protein Glucose Syrup Malted Barley (contains Gluten) Raising Agent: Sodium Bicarbonate.

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

  • Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.
  • 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.
2 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.

  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 193 bonbons

From least to most processed, this one ranks 34th. 94% of the bonbons 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 193 bonbons, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00938518, last edited 13 March 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.