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Is Storck Knoppers Nussriegel 3er-Packung ultra-processed?

Candy chocolate bars Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Storck Knoppers Nussriegel 3er-Packung

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:

  • 35 ingredients
  • 7 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed candy chocolate bars

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, hazelnuts 14.8%, vegetable fats (palm, shea), glucose syrup, whole milk powder 6.2%, cocoa butter, skimmed milk powder 5.5%, skimmed milk, wheat flour 3.9%, cocoa mass, whole wheat flour 2%, cocoa, sorbitol syrup, buttermilk, lactose, butterfat, cream, condensed whey, butter, whey powder, emulsifi, er (soya lecithin), salt, wheat starch, fat-reduced cocoa, cream, partially inverted refiners syrup, natural flavourings, sodium hydrogen carbonate, carrageenan, 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, hazelnuts (14.8%), vegetable fats (palm, shea), glucose syrup, whole milk powder (6.2%), cocoa butter, skimmed milk powder (5.5%), condensed skimmed milk, wheat flour (3.9%), cocoa mass, whole wheat flour (2 %), cocoa, humectant sorbitol syrup, buttermilk powder, lactose (milk), butterfat (milk), cream (milk), condensed whey (milk), butter (milk), whey powder (milk), emulsifi - er: soya lecithin, salt, wheat starch, fat-reduced cocoa, cream powder (milk), partially inverted refiners syrup, natural flavourings, raising agent: sodium hydrogen carbonate, stabiliser carrageenan, 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 180th. 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 4014400929058, last edited 2 October 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.