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Is Marks & Spencer Swiss Almond And Milk Chocolate Nutty Clouds ultra-processed?

Chocolates Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Marks & Spencer Swiss Almond And Milk Chocolate Nutty Clouds

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:

  • 7 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed 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

Not Suitable nut allergy for Almonds Slivers 30%, Sugar Cocoa Butter Dried Whole Milk Cocoa Mass, Ground Hazelnuts Emulsifier (Lecithins, Natural Flavouring, Milk Chocolate contains Cocoa Solids 35%), Milk 21%

Additives: E322 Lecithins

As written on the pack

Not Suitable nut allergy for Almonds Slivers (30%). • Sugar Cocoa Butter Dried Whole Milk Cocoa Mass - Ground Hazelnuts Emulsifier: • • Lecithins (Soya) Natural Flavouring. Milk Chocolate contains Cocoa Solids 35% minimum, Milk Solids 21% minimum.

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.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 959 chocolates

From least to most processed, this one ranks 355th. 82% of the 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 959 chocolates, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 29397938, last edited 14 September 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.