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Is Pepperidge Farm Milano Double Chocolat ultra-processed?

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Pack of Pepperidge Farm Milano Double Chocolat

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:

  • 28 ingredients
  • 6 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

dark chocolate (sugar, chocolate liquor chocolate liquor processed with alkali, cocoa butter, butter oil, soy lecithin (emulsifier), vanilla extract), enriched wheat flour, sugar, vegetable oils (palm, interesterified, soybean), corn starch, whole eggs (contains sodium aluminum´silicate), egg whites (egg whites, citric acid (acidulant), sodium lauryl sulphate), salt, baking soda, soy lecithin (emülsifier), natural flavour, skim mi̇lk powder

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate , E554 Sodium aluminium silicate

As written on the pack

dark chocolate (sugar, chocolate liquor chocolate liquor processed with alkali, cocoa butter, butter oil, soy lecithin [emulsifier], vanilla extract), enriched wheat flour, sugar, vegetable oils (modified palm and/or interesterified and hydrogenated soybean), corn starch, dried whole eggs (contains sodium aluminum´silicate), dried egg whites (egg whites, citric acid [acidulant], sodium lauryl sulphate), salt, baking soda, soy lecithin (emülsifier), natural flavour, skim mi̇lk powder,

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.

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.

  • Palm oil An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
  • Soya bean An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,514 biscuits

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1048th. 83% of the biscuits 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 1,514 biscuits, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0014100209034, last edited 26 May 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.