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Is Nestlé Kit Kat Chunky bar 50g ultra-processed?

50g Candy chocolate bars Sold in Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia

Pack of Nestlé Kit Kat Chunky bar 50g

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:

  • 25 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed candy chocolate bars

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

sugar, milk solids, wheat flour, cocoa butter^, vegetable fat, emusifier (soy lecithin), cocoa mass^, choc paste (milk, soy, wheat), emusifiers (say lecithin, 476), cocoa^, raising agent (sodium bicarbonate), salt, yeast, flavour, product contains 68% milk chocolate and 32% wafer fingers, mik chocolate contains minimum 22% cocoa solids^, milk solids 25%, made in australia

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

sugar, milk solids, wheat flour, cocoa butter^, vegetable fat [emusifier (soy lecithin), cocoa mass^, choc paste ( milk, soy, wheat), emusifiers (say lecithin, 476), cocoa^, raising agent (sodium bicarbonate), salt, yeast, flavour. contains milk, soy and wheat. may contain tree nuts. product contains 68% milk chocolate and 32% wafer fingers. mik chocolate contains minimum 22% cocoa solids^, 25% milk solids. made in australia.

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.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 201 candy chocolate bars

From least to most processed, this one ranks 61st. 94% of the candy chocolate bars 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 201 candy chocolate bars, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 9300605094697, last edited 29 August 2024), 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.