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Is Nutella Hazelnut Spread With Cocoa ultra-processed?

1kg Cocoa and hazelnuts spreads Sold in Australia

Pack of Nutella Hazelnut Spread With 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
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed cocoa and hazelnuts spreads

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, vegetable oil (palm vegetable oil), hazelnuts 13%, skim milk powder 8.7%, fat-reduced cocoa powder 7.4%, emulsifier (lecithins), flavouring (vanillin), total milk solids 7.4% (total cocoa solids), SUSTAINABLE and SEGREGATED CERTIFIED PALM OIL

Additives: E322 Lecithins

As written on the pack

SUGAR, VEGETABLE OIL (PALM). HAZELNUTS (13%), SKIM MILK POWDER (8.7%). FAT-REDUCED COCOA POWDER (7.4%), EMULSIFIER (LECITHINS) (SOY), FLAVOURING (VANILLIN). TOTAL MILK SOLIDS: 8.7%. TOTAL COCOA SOLIDS: 7.4%. *SUSTAINABLE AND SEGREGATED CERTIFIED PALM OIL. CONTAINS HAZELNUTS, MILK, SOY.

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.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
3 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.

  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • 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 55 cocoa and hazelnuts spreads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 32nd. 96% of the cocoa and hazelnuts spreads 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 55 cocoa and hazelnuts spreads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 9300698001473, last edited 9 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.
  • 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.