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Is Marks & Spencer Tge Big Daddy ultra-processed?

Chocolates Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Marks & Spencer Tge Big Daddy

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:

  • 13 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • 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 sui Suitable le for nut allergy Sugar Roasted Peanuts Cocoa Mass Cocoa Butter Dried Whole Milk Clucose Syrup Vegetable Oils (Palm, Shea, Coconut, Sunflower, Rapeseed), in varying proportions Sweetened Condensed Milk (Whole Milk Sugar Lactose), Ground Roasted Peanuts Golden Syrup (Invert Sugar Syrup), Salt Emulsifier (Lecithins), e471 Caramelised Sugar Syrup Flavourings

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids.

As written on the pack

not sui Suitable le for nut allergy Sugar Roasted Peanuts Cocoa Mass Cocoa Butter Dried Whole Milk Clucose Syrup Vegetable Oils (Palm, Shea, Coconut, Sunflower, Rapeseed) in varying proportions Sweetened Condensed Milk (Whole Milk Sugar Lactose (Milk)) Ground Roasted Peanuts Golden Syrup (Invert Sugar Syrup) Salt Emulsifier: Lecithins (Soya), E471 Caramelised Sugar Syrup Flavourings (contain Milk)

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.
  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.

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.

  • Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
3 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.
  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 957 chocolates

From least to most processed, this one ranks 623rd. 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 957 chocolates, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 29119653, 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.