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Is Storck Knoppers Coconut Bar ultra-processed?

Candy chocolate bars Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Storck Knoppers Coconut Bar

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:

  • 38 ingredients
  • 7 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

Sugar, vegetable fats (palm, shea), glucose syrup, coconut flakes 7.8%, whole milk powder 6.2%, cocoa butter, skimmed milk powder 5.8%, lactose, skimmed milk, wheat flour 4.1%, cocoa mass, whole wheat flour 2.2%, humectant (sorbitol syrup), buttermilk powder, cream, hazelnuts, butterfat, coconut milk, condensed whey, butter, whey powder, emulsifier (soya lecithin), salt, natural flavourings, partially inverted refiners syrup, fat-reduced cocoa, wheat starch, raising agent (sodium hydrogen carbonate), stabiliser (carrageenan), milk proteins, natural vanilla flavouring, peanuts

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E407 Carrageenan , E420 Sorbitol , E420ii Sorbitol syrup , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

Sugar, vegetable fats (palm, shea), glucose syrup, coconut flakes (7.8%), whole milk powder (6.2%), cocoa butter, skimmed milk powder (5.8%), lactose (milk), condensed skimmed milk, wheat flour (4.1%), cocoa mass, whole wheat flour (2.2%), humectant sorbitol syrup, buttermilk powder, cream (milk), hazelnuts, butterfat (milk), dried coconut milk, condensed whey (milk), butter (milk), whey powder (milk), emulsifier: soya lecithin, salt, natural flavourings, partially inverted refiners syrup, fat-reduced cocoa, wheat starch, raising agent: sodium hydrogen carbonate, stabiliser carrageenan, milk proteins, natural vanilla flavouring, ground peanuts.

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.
  • E407 Carrageenan Carrageenan is a thickener and gelling agent extracted from red seaweed, used widely in dairy desserts, plant-based drinks and processed meats.
  • E420 Sorbitol Sorbitol is a sugar alcohol used as a sweetener and to keep products moist.
  • 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.
  • Humectant Humectants are substances which prevent foods from drying out by counteracting the effect of an atmosphere having a low degree of humidity, or promote the dissolution of a powder in an aqueous medium.

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.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
  • 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.
7 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.

  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • 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 201 candy chocolate bars

From least to most processed, this one ranks 194th. 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 4014400935622, last edited 27 March 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.