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Is Sunset purdys assorted chocolate ultra-processed?

Chocolate candies Sold in Canada

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:

  • 60 ingredients
  • 16 additives

Less processed chocolate candies

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

sugars (sugar, glucose-fructose, glucose (wheat), golden yellow sugar, maple syrup), milk ingredients, chocolate, cocoa butter, almonds, peanuts, hazelnuts, oil (coconut oil, coconut oil), macadamia nuts, ginger, pecans, walnuts, cashews, natural and artificial flavours, soy lecithin, bourbon (barley, rye), palm kernel oil, palm oil, salt, oranges, lemons, coffee, egg white, cocoa powder, an glycerol, invertase, cornstarch, citric acid, baking soda, raspberry, strawberry powder, cherries ane, instant coffee, water, vegetable oil, cochineal, beet red, titanium dioxide, iron oxide, turmeric, tartrazine, sunset yellow fcf, allura red, yeast, sodium benzoate, gum arabic, maltol, brilliant blue fcf, indigotine, contents will vary

Additives: E102 Tartrazine , E110 Sunset yellow FCF , E1103 Invertase , E129 Allura red , E132 Indigotine , E133 Brilliant blue FCF , E171 Titanium dioxide , E211 Sodium benzoate , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid , E414 Acacia gum , E422 Glycerol , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate , E636 Maltol

As written on the pack

sugars (sugar/glucose-fructose, glucose (wheat), golden yellow sugar, maple syrup), milk ingredients, unsweetened chocolate, cocoa butter, almonds, peanuts, hazelnuts, coconut, coconut oil, macadamia nuts, ginger (sulphites), pecans, walnuts, cashews, natural and artificial flavours, soy lecithin, bourbon (barley, rye), palm kernel oil, palm oil, salt, oranges, lemons, coffee, egg white, cocoa powder, an glycerol, invertase, cornstarch, citric acid, baking soda, raspberry powder, strawberry powder, cherries ane (sulphites), instant coffee, water, vegetable oil, cochineal, beet red, titanium dioxide, iron oxide, turmeric, tartrazine, sunset yellow fcf, allura red, yeast, sodium benzoate, gum arabic, maltol, brilliant blue fcf, indigotine. contents will vary

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.

  • E102 Tartrazine Tartrazine is a synthetic yellow azo dye (FD&C Yellow No. 5 in the US).
  • E110 Sunset yellow FCF Sunset yellow FCF is a synthetic orange azo dye (FD&C Yellow No. 6 in the US).
  • E129 Allura red Allura red AC is a synthetic red azo dye (FD&C Red No. 40 in the US).
  • E132 Indigotine Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
  • E133 Brilliant blue FCF Brilliant blue FCF is a synthetic blue dye, listed in the US as FD&C Blue No. 1.
  • E171 Titanium dioxide Titanium dioxide is a white pigment.
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  • 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.
  • E414 Acacia gum Gum arabic (acacia gum) is the hardened sap of acacia trees, used to stabilise flavour emulsions in soft drinks and to coat sweets.
  • E422 Glycerol Glycerol is a sweet-tasting liquid used to keep products moist and soft.
  • E636 Maltol A food additive authorised for industrial food production.
  • 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.
  • Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn 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.

  • Maple syrup An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
  • 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 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 773 chocolate candies

From least to most processed, this one ranks 747th. 91% of the chocolate candies 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 773 chocolate candies, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 07711822, last edited 25 May 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.