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Is Milkybar White Chocolate Dairy Dessert ultra-processed?

130g Chocolate desserts Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Milkybar White Chocolate Dairy Dessert

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:

  • 20 ingredients
  • 6 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed desserts

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

skimmed milk 65%, white chocolate 15.8% (sugar, whole milk powder, cocoa butter, natural flavouring, emulsifier (lecithins)), cream (from milk), skimmed milk powder, sugar, modified starch, gelatine, stabilisers (cellulose), carrageenan, flavourings, emulsifier (mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids)

Additives: E14XX Modified Starch , E322 Lecithins , E407 Carrageenan , E428 Gelatine , E460 Cellulose , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

skimmed milk 65%, white chocolate 15,8% (sugar, whole milk powder, cocoa butter, natural flavouring, emulsifier: lecithins), cream (from milk), skimmed milk powder, sugar, modified starch, gelatine, stabilisers: cellulose, carrageenan, flavourings, emulsifier: mono - and diglycerides of fatty acids,

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.

  • E14xx Modified Starch Modified starches (E1400 to E1452) are starches treated physically, with enzymes or chemically so that they thicken and hold up to heating, freezing or acidity better than ordinary starch.
  • 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.
  • E407 Carrageenan Carrageenan is a thickener and gelling agent extracted from red seaweed, used widely in dairy desserts, plant-based drinks and processed meats.
  • E428 Gelatine Gelatine is a gelling agent made from collagen in animal skin and bones.
  • E460 Cellulose A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
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  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary 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.

  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • 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.
  • 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 63 chocolate desserts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 55th. 98% of the chocolate desserts 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 63 chocolate desserts, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 3023290065488, last edited 3 July 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.