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Is Nestlé Nesquik Cocoa ultra-processed?

540 g Instant chocolate powders Sold in Canada and France

Pack of Nestlé Nesquik Cocoa

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:

  • 13 ingredients
  • 2 additives

Less processed instant chocolate powders

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, Cocoa, Soy lecithin, Salt, Sodium ascorbate (vitamin C), Tricalcium phosphate, Ferric phosphate (iron), Niacinamide (vitamin B3), Vitamin A palmitate, Natural flavour

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin

As written on the pack

Sugar, Cocoa, Soy lecithin, Salt, Sodium ascorbate (vitamin C), Tricalcium phosphate, Ferric phosphate (iron), Niacinamide (vitamin B3), Vitamin A palmitate, Natural flavour.

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.
2 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 51 instant chocolate powders

From least to most processed, this one ranks 22nd. 88% of the instant chocolate powders 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 51 instant chocolate powders, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0055000139045, last edited 20 April 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.