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Is Nestlé Aero peppermint & chocolate bubbly mousse ultra-processed?

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Pack of Nestlé Aero peppermint & chocolate bubbly mousse

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:

  • 33 ingredients
  • 9 additives

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

whole milk, sugar, chocolate sauce 9% (skimmed milk, sugar, cocoa powder, chocolate 0.5%, cocoa mass, sugar, natural vanilla flavouring, lecithins, reduced fat cocoa powder, modified starch, skimmed milk powder, cream), skimmed milk powder, cream, gelatine, lactic acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids, sodium alginate, copper complexes of chlorophyll, curcumin, sodium hydroxide, natural peppermint flavouring, find out more at ra, org kcal, let's talk iet, uk 0800 00 00 30, nestlé uk ltd, po box 207, york, yo911ws, uk

Additives: E100 Curcumin , E141 Copper complexes of chlorophylls and chlorophyllins , E141i Copper complexes of chlorophylls , E14XX Modified Starch , E322 Lecithins , E401 Sodium alginate , E428 Gelatine , E472b Lactic acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E524 Sodium hydroxide

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E141 Copper complexes of chlorophylls and chlorophyllins.

As written on the pack

whole milk, sugar, chocolate sauce 9,0% [skimmed milk, sugar, cocoa powder, chocolate 0,5% (cocoa mass, sugar, natural vanilla flavouring, emulsifier: lecithins (contains soya) reduced fat cocoa powder', modified starch, skimmed milk powder, cream (milk)], skimmed milk powder, cream (milk), gelatine, emulsifier (lactic acid esters of mono - and diglycerides of fatty acids), gelling agent: sodium alginate, colours (copper complexes of chlorophyll, curcumin), acidity regulator: sodium hydroxide, natural peppermint flavouring, rainforest alliance certified, find out more at ra,org kcal), let's talk iet, uk 0800 00 00 30, nestlé uk ltd, po box 207, york, yo911ws, uk

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.

  • E100 Curcumin Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
  • E141 Copper complexes of chlorophylls and chlorophyllins Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of 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.
  • E401 Sodium alginate 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.
  • E428 Gelatine Gelatine is a gelling agent made from collagen in animal skin and bones.
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  • E472b Lactic acid esters of mono- and diglycerides 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 1,732 confectioneries

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1432nd. 90% of the confectioneries 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.

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About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 3023290082034, last edited 5 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.