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Is Marks & Spencers Chocolate & Orange ultra-processed?

325 g Bonbons Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Marks & Spencers Chocolate & Orange

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:

  • 26 ingredients
  • 10 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

Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Free Range Egg, Butter, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Oranges, Free Range Egg White, Glycerol, Skimmed Milk, Concentrated Orange Juice, Dried Glucose Syrup, Emulsifier, e471, Soya Lecithin, e450, Sodium Bicarbonate, Salt, Citric Acid, Gelling Agent, pectin, Flavourings (Orange, Lemon), e331, Palm Oil, Caramelised Sugar, lot suitable for Nut allerg sufferers due

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E422 Glycerol , E440 Pectins , E450 Diphosphates , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

(With Wheatflour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin) • Glucose-Fructose Syrup • Pasteurised Free Range Egg • Butter (Milk) • Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder • Oranges • Pasteurised Free Range Egg White • Humectant: Glycerol • Dried Skimmed Milk • Concentrated Orange Juice • Dried Glucose Syrup • Emulsifier: E471 , Soya Lecithin • Raising Agent: E450, Sodium Bicarbonate • Salt • Acid: Citric Acid • Gelling Agent: pectin (from Fruit) • Flavourings (Orange, Lemon) • Acidity Regulator: E331 • Palm Oil • Caramelised Sugar. For allergens See ingredients in bold. {'lot suitable for Nut allerg sufferers due

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.
  • E422 Glycerol Glycerol is a sweet-tasting liquid used to keep products moist and soft.
  • E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
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  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Gelling agent Gelling agents such as pectin, gelatine or carrageenan set liquids into gels and stabilise textures.

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.
  • Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
4 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.

  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 193 bonbons

From least to most processed, this one ranks 162nd. 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 00332415, last edited 14 June 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.