Is Russell Stover Candies Inc. Elegant collection a decadent 16 piece private reserve chocolate assortment, assortment ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 28 ingredients
- 8 additives
- Nutri-Score E
Less processed chocolate candies
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Sugar (processing marker), milk ingredients, corn syrup (ultra-processing marker), cocoa butter (processing marker), cocoa mass, brown sugar (processing marker), palm kernel oil, water, almonds, hazelnuts, hydrogenated coconut oil (processing marker), salt (processing marker), soy lecithin (ultra-processing marker), raspberries, coconut oil (processing marker), honey (processing marker), egg-white, coffee, flavour (ultra-processing marker), artificial flavour (ultra-processing marker), citric acid, lemon oil, tapioca flour (processing marker), invertase, colour (ultra-processing marker), baking soda, potassium sorbate (processing marker), sodium benzoate
Additives: E1103 Invertase , E202 Potassium sorbate , E211 Sodium benzoate , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate
As written on the pack
Sugar, milk ingredients, corn syrup, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, brown sugar, palm kernel oil, water, almonds, hazelnuts, hydrogenated coconut oil, salt, soy lecithin, raspberries, coconut oil, honey, dried egg-white, coffee, flavour, artificial flavour, citric acid, lemon oil, tapioca flour, invertase, colour, baking soda, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate.
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.
- 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.
- Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
8 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.
- E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
- Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
- 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 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.
Among 776 chocolate candies
From least to most processed, this one ranks 443rd. 91% of the chocolate candies here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0077260062512, last edited 18 March 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
- 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.