Is Marks & Spencer Snowballs ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 15 ingredients
- 3 additives
- Nutri-Score E
Less processed chocolates
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Dark absolute 99% cacao
Lindt Sprungli Sas
5 ingredients · no additives
NOVA group
3
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Organic 70% Dark Chocolate Bar
Green & Black's
5 ingredients · no additives
NOVA group
3
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Dark milk chocolate
Tesco
4 ingredients · no additives
NOVA group
3
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single origin milk chocolate
Marks & Spencer
6 ingredients · no additives
NOVA group
3
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
NO TANY Milk Chocolate 30% (Sugar Cocoa Butter Dried Whole Milk, Cocoa Mass Dried Whey, Emulsifier (ultra-processing marker) (Soya Lecithin (ultra-processing marker))), Glucose Syrup (ultra-processing marker), Sugar Desiccated Coconut 16%, Reconstituted Egg White Rice Flour Stabiliser (e405 (ultra-processing marker), Milk Chocolate contains Cocoa Solids), Milk 14%, Not suitable for those with a Wheat allergy and Coeliacs, Ener Fat, M of w dont Carb of w Fibre Prot Salt, Refere Fat 70
Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E405 Propane-1‚2-diol alginate
As written on the pack
NO TANY Milk Chocolate (30%) (Sugar Cocoa Butter Dried Whole Milk - Cocoa Mass Dried Whey (Milk) Emulsifier: Soya Lecithin). Glucose Syrup (contains Sulphites) Sugar Desiccated Coconut (16%) - Reconstituted Egg White Rice Flour Stabiliser: E405. Milk Chocolate contains Cocoa Solids 32% minimum, Milk Solids 14% minimum. For allergens see ingredients in bold. Not suitable for those with a Wheat allergy and Coeliacs. Ener Fat/M of w dont Carb of w Fibre Prot Salt/ Refere Fat 70
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.
- E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
- E405 Propane-1‚2-diol 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.
- Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
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.
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.
- Chocolates Products in the category "Chocolates" are at least group 3.
- Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.
Among 957 chocolates
From least to most processed, this one ranks 834th. 82% of the chocolates here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 29236961, last edited 27 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.