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Is Schär Ciocko sticks ultra-processed?

150 g Gluten-free biscuits Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Schär Ciocko sticks

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:

  • 22 ingredients
  • 7 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed gluten-free biscuits

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

milk chocolate 46%, cocoa 40% (sugar), cocoa mass, cocoa butter, whole milk powder, skimmed milk powder (soya lecithin), natural flavouring, maize starch, palm fat, sugar, maize flour, soya flour, potato starch, whole milk powder, modified tapioca starch, ammonium hydrogen carbonate, sodium hydrogen carbonate, salt, modified maize starch, citric acid

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate , E503 Ammonium carbonates , E503ii Ammonium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

milk chocolate (46%) - cocoa 40% minimum: (sugar, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, whole milk powder, skimmed milk powder, emulsifier: (soya lecithin), natural flavouring), maize starch, palm fat, sugar, maize flour, soya flour, potato starch, whole milk powder, modified tapioca starch, raising agents: (ammonium hydrogen carbonate, sodium hydrogen carbonate), salt, modified maize starch, acidity regulator: citric acid,

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.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.
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.
  • 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.
  • 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 12 gluten-free biscuits

From least to most processed, this one ranks 7th. 83% of the gluten-free 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 12 gluten-free biscuits, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8008698003961, last edited 7 July 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.