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Is Swiss Delice Selection ultra-processed?

710 g Assorted chocolate candies Sold in Canada and Switzerland

Pack of Swiss Delice Selection

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:

  • 23 ingredients
  • 5 additives

Less processed bonbons

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

CAN Assorted chocolates Ingredients (Sugars, sugar), glucose syrup, invert sugar, Cocoa butter, Cocoa mass, Whole milk powder, Palm oil, Hazelnuts, Almonds, Butter oil, Coconut oil, Skim milk powder, Sunflower oil, Fat reduced cocoa powder, Cocoa powder, Soy lecithin, Sorbitol syrup, Cocoa nibs, Ground roasted coffee, Glycerol, Natural flavours

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E420 Sorbitol , E420ii Sorbitol syrup , E422 Glycerol

As written on the pack

CAN Assorted chocolates Ingredients: Sugars (sugar, glucose syrup, liquid invert sugar), Cocoa butter, Cocoa mass, Whole milk powder, Palm oil, Hazelnuts, Almonds, Butter oil (milk), Coconut oil, Skim milk powder, Sunflower oil, Fat reduced cocoa powder, Cocoa powder, Soy lecithin, Sorbitol syrup, Cocoa nibs, Ground roasted coffee, Glycerol, Natural flavours. Contains: Milk, Hazelnuts, Almonds, Soy. May contain: Other tree nuts, Eggs.

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.
  • E420 Sorbitol Sorbitol is a sugar alcohol used as a sweetener and to keep products moist.
  • E422 Glycerol Glycerol is a sweet-tasting liquid used to keep products moist and soft.
  • 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.
4 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.

  • 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.
  • 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 19 assorted chocolate candies

From least to most processed, this one ranks 2nd. 100% of the assorted 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 19 assorted chocolate candies, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 06752230, last edited 1 April 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.