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Is Meiji Chocolate Bite ultra-processed?

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Pack of Meiji Chocolate Bite

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:

  • 59 ingredients
  • 14 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

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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

flour, sugars (cane sugar, malt syrup), palm, palm kernel oils, cocoa mass, high oleic soybean oil, whole milk powder, seasoning (maltodextrin, hydrolyzed soy protein, greek yogurt, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate), salt, sorbitan tristearate, sucrose esters of fatty acids, ammonium bicarbonate, baking soda, yeast extract, caramel colour, soy lecithin, natural and artificial flavours, protease, tocopherols, ingrédients (farine), sucres (sucre de canne, sirop de malt), huiles de palme et de palmiste modifiées, pâte de cacao, huile de soja à teneur élevée en acide oléique, poudre de lait entier, assaisonnement (maltodextrine, protéine de soja hydrolysée, yogourt grec en poudre, inosinate disodique, guanylate disodique), sel, tristéarate de sorbitan, esters de saccharose d'acides gras, bicarbonate d'ammonium, bicarbonate de soude, extrait de levure, caramel, lécithine de soja, arômes naturels et artificiels, protéase, tocophérols, contient (lait), soya, blé, orge, peut contenir (eufs)

Additives: E1101 Protease , E150 Caramel , E150c Ammonia caramel , E306 Tocopherol-rich extract , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E473 Sucrose esters of fatty acids , E492 Sorbitan tristearate , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate , E503 Ammonium carbonates , E503ii Ammonium hydrogen carbonate , E627 Disodium guanylate , E631 Disodium inosinate

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E150c Ammonia caramel.

As written on the pack

flour, sugars (cane sugar, malt syrup), modified palm and palm kernel oils, cocoa mass, high oleic soybean oil, whole milk powder, seasoning (maltodextrin, hydrolyzed soy protein, greek yogurt powder, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate), salt, sorbitan tristearate, sucrose esters of fatty acids, ammonium bicarbonate, baking soda, yeast extract, caramel colour, soy lecithin, natural and artificial flavours, protease, tocopherols. contains: milk, soy, wheat, barley. may contain: egg. ingrédients : farine, sucres (sucre de canne, sirop de malt), huiles de palme et de palmiste modifiées, pâte de cacao, huile de soja à teneur élevée en acide oléique, poudre de lait entier, assaisonnement (maltodextrine, protéine de soja hydrolysée, yogourt grec en poudre, inosinate disodique, guanylate disodique), sel, tristéarate de sorbitan, esters de saccharose d'acides gras, bicarbonate d'ammonium, bicarbonate de soude, extrait de levure, colorant caramel, lécithine de soja, arômes naturels et artificiels, protéase, tocophérols. contient : lait, soya, blé, orge. peut contenir : eufs.

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.

  • E150 Caramel A food additive authorised for industrial food production.
  • E150c Ammonia caramel Ammonia caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars with ammonia compounds.
  • 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.
  • E473 Sucrose esters of fatty acids Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • E492 Sorbitan tristearate Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • E627 Disodium guanylate Disodium guanylate is a flavour enhancer usually used together with MSG.
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  • E631 Disodium inosinate Disodium inosinate is a flavour enhancer usually used together with MSG.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.

  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
  • Palm An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
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.

  • 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.
  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,514 biscuits

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1426th. 83% of the biscuits 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 1,514 biscuits, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0072320700717, last edited 27 August 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.