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Is Schär Melto ultra-processed?

30 g Candy chocolate bars Sold in the United Kingdom, France and 2 more countries

Pack of Schär Melto

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:

  • 43 ingredients
  • 5 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

hazelnut cream 57%, sugar, vegetable oils (polma, sunflower), hazelnuts 20%, lactose, whey powder, whole milk powder, natural vanilla sunflower aroma, emulgent (sunflower lecithin), milk chocolate 23% (sugar, cocoa butter, whole milk powder, cocoa paste, emulgent (soy lecithin), natural vanilla aroma), gluten-free wafer (rice haina), potato starch, milk proteins, natural corn starch, palm oil, emulgent (sunflower lecithin), gssifying (sodium acid carbonate), ammonium acid carbonate, dark chocolate 7.5% (cocoa paste, sugar, cocoa butter, emulgent (soy lecithin), natural vanilla aroma, almonds, walnuts (walnuts), pistachios), natural

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate , E502 Carbonates

As written on the pack

hazelnut cream 57% [sugar, vegetable oils (polma, sunflower), 20% hazelnuts, lactose (milk), whey powder, whole milk powder, natural vanilla sunflower aroma, emulgent: sunflower lecithin, 23% milk chocolate (sugar, cocoa butter, whole milk powder, cocoa paste, emulgent: soy lecithin, natural vanilla aroma), gluten-free wafer (rice haina) , potato starch, milk proteins, natural corn starch, palm oil, emulgent: sunflower lecithin, gssifying: sodium acid carbonate, ammonium acid carbonate), 7,5% dark chocolate (cocoa paste, sugar, cocoa butter, emulgent: soy lecithin, natural vanilla aroma), may contain traces of egg, peanuts and other nuts (almonds, walnuts( walnuts), pistachios) natural

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.

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.

  • Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.
  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
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.

  • 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.
  • 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 201 candy chocolate bars

From least to most processed, this one ranks 139th. 94% of the candy chocolate bars 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 201 candy chocolate bars, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8008698026540, last edited 27 August 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.