Is Montezuma's Montezumas Milk Chocolate Advent Calendar ultra-processed?

Christmas foods and drinks Sold in the United Kingdom

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Cocoa butter, milk powder (processing marker), cocoa paste, vanilla extract

As written on the pack

Cocoa butter, milk powder, cocoa paste, vanilla extract

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

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

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1st. 83% of the christmas foods and drinks 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.

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060719925082, 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.
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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.