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Is Nestlé Munchies ultra-processed?

104g Chocolate candies Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Nestlé Munchies

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:

  • 35 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

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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, Glucose Syrup, Cocoa Butter, Vegetable Fats (Palm, Palm Kernel, Shea, Illipe, Mango Kernel, Kokum Gurgi, Sal), Invert Sugar Syrup, Milk Powders (Whole and Skimmed), Sweetened Condensed Skimmed Milk (Milk, Sugar), Cocoa Mass, Lactose, Proteins from Whey (from Milk), Whey Powder (from Milk), Wheat Flour (contains Calcium, Iron, Thiamin, Niacin), Butterfat (from Milk), Lecithins, Barley Malt Extract, Sodium Bicarbonate, Ammonium Bicarbonate, Salt

Additives: E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

Sugar Glucose Syrup Cocoa Butter Vegetable Fats (Palm, Palm Kernel, Shea/ Illipe/ Mango Kernel/ Kokum Gurgi/ Sal) Invert Sugar Syrup Milk Powders (Whole and Skimmed) Sweetened Condensed Skimmed Milk (Milk, Sugar) Cocoa Mass Lactose and Proteins from Whey (from Milk) Whey Powder (from Milk) Wheat Flour (contains Calcium, Iron, Thiamin and Niacin) Butterfat (from Milk) Emulsifier (Lecithins) Barley Malt Extract Raising Agents (Sodium Bicarbonate, Ammonium Bicarbonate) Salt

What makes it ultra-processed

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.
  • Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
  • 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.
6 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.
  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 773 chocolate candies

From least to most processed, this one ranks 469th. 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 7613036241755, last edited 21 August 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.
  • 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.