Is Milka crema cherry ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 18 ingredients
- 6 additives
- Nutri-Score E
Less processed chocolates
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
sugar (processing marker), raspberry fruit filling, sugar (processing marker), glucose-fructose syrup (ultra-processing marker), raspberry puree, sorbitol syrup (ultra-processing marker), citric acid, pectin (ultra-processing marker), raspberry flavour (ultra-processing marker), colour (ultra-processing marker), cocoa butter (processing marker), skimmed milk powder (processing marker), whey powder (ultra-processing marker), cocoa mass, milk fat, cream, hazelnut paste, soy lecithin (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid , E420 Sorbitol , E420ii Sorbitol syrup , E440 Pectins
As written on the pack
sugar, raspberry fruit filling [sugar, glucose-fructose syrup, raspberry puree, sorbitol syrup, citric acid, pectin, raspberry flavour, colour, cocoa butter, skimmed milk powder, whey powder, cocoa mass, milk fat,cream powder, hazelnut paste, soy lecithin,contains milk, hazelnuts, soy,
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.
- E420 Sorbitol Sorbitol is a sugar alcohol used as a sweetener and to keep products moist.
- E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
- Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
- 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.
- Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
- Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
- Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
5 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.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- 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.
- Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.
Among 957 chocolates
From least to most processed, this one ranks 914th. 82% of the chocolates here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7622201098544, last edited 15 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.