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Is Nestlé Mint area ultra-processed?

90g Chocolate candies Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Nestlé Mint area

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:

  • 31 ingredients
  • 4 additives

Less processed chocolate candies

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

smooth milk chocolate filled with peppermint flavoured bubbles, uk olids 14% minimum and vegetable fat in addition to cocoa butter, ingredients (sugar), vegetable, roi s (palm, shea, mango kemel, sal, sunflower), lactose, proteins from whey, whey powder lk, cocoa butter, whole milk powder, cocoa mass, skimmed milk powder, butterfat, sifier (lecithins), natural flavouring, colours (copper complexes of chlorophyllins, curcumin), f contain peanuts, tree nuts, soya, reg rest alliance certified cocoa, find out more at ra, org

Additives: E100 Curcumin , E141 Copper complexes of chlorophylls and chlorophyllins , E141ii Copper complexes of chlorophyllins , E322 Lecithins

As written on the pack

smooth milk chocolate filled with peppermint flavoured bubbles, milk chocolate contains milk uk olids 14% minimum and vegetable fat in addition to cocoa butter, ingredients: sugar, vegetable [roi s (palm, shea, mango kemel, sal, sunflower), lactose and proteins from whey (milk), whey powder lk), cocoa butter, whole milk powder, cocoa mass, skimmed milk powder, butterfat (milk), sifier (lecithins), natural flavouring, colours (copper complexes of chlorophyllins, curcumin), f contain peanuts, tree nuts and soya, suitable for vegetarians reg rest alliance certified cocoa, find out more at ra,org

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.
  • 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.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.

  • Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.
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 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.
  • 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 773 chocolate candies

From least to most processed, this one ranks 550th. 91% of the chocolate candies 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 773 chocolate candies, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8445290631893, last edited 1 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.