Is Morrisons Blond Swiss chocolate ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 22 ingredients
- 2 additives
Less processed white chocolates
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Sugar (processing marker), Cocoa butter, Dried whole milk (processing marker), Caramel paste 7% (milk, glucose syrup (ultra-processing marker), vegetable oils (processing marker) (palm vegetable oils, palm vegetable oils), kernel), sugar (processing marker), humectant (ultra-processing marker) (glycerol (ultra-processing marker)), emulsifier (ultra-processing marker) (soya lecithins (ultra-processing marker)), flavouring (ultra-processing marker), cream, Lactose (ultra-processing marker), Whey powder (ultra-processing marker), Emulsifier (ultra-processing marker) (soya lecithins (ultra-processing marker)), Flavouring (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E322 Lecithins , E422 Glycerol
As written on the pack
Sugar, Cocoa butter, Dried whole milk, Caramel paste (7%) (condensed milk, glucose syrup, vegetable oils (palm, palm kernel), sugar, humectant (glycerol), emulsifier (soya lecithins), flavouring), Dried cream (milk), Lactose (milk), Whey powder (milk), Emulsifier (soya lecithins), Flavouring.
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.
- 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.
- Humectant Humectants are substances which prevent foods from drying out by counteracting the effect of an atmosphere having a low degree of humidity, or promote the dissolution of a powder in an aqueous medium.
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.
- Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.
- 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.
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 oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
- 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 42 white chocolates
From least to most processed, this one ranks 41st. 93% of the white chocolates here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5010525126531, last edited 3 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.
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.