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Is Terry's Terrys chocolate Orange mini eggs ultra-processed?

Chocolate molds Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Terry's Terrys chocolate Orange mini eggs

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:

  • 37 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

sugar, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, skimmed milk powder, whey powder (from milk), vegetable fats (palm, shea), milk fat, emulsifiers (soya lecithins, e476), orange oil, solids 14%, cocoa solids 25%, contains vegetable fats in addition to cocoa butter bag of milk terry's chocolate orange mini eggs 50g egg-shaped milk chocolates flavoured with orange oil with a crispy coloured sugar shell, ingredients (sugar), cocoa butter, whole milk powder, skimmed milk powder, cocoa mass, rice starch, emulsifier (lecithins), natural orange oil, glazing agent (gum arabic), flavouring, colours (carmine, carotenes), consumption is not recommended for people allergic to the allergens indicated in bold, in the chocolate part (milk 26%), cocoa solids 32%

Additives: E120 Cochineal , E160a Carotene , E322 Lecithins , E414 Acacia gum , E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate

As written on the pack

sugar, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, skimmed milk powder, whey powder (from milk), vegetable fats (palm, shea), milk fat, emulsifiers (soya lecithins, e476), orange oil, flavouring may contain nuts, milk solids 14 % minimum, cocoa solids 25 % minimum, contains vegetable fats in addition to cocoa butter bag of milk terry's chocolate orange mini eggs 50g egg-shaped milk chocolates flavoured with orange oil with a crispy coloured sugar shell, ingredients: sugar, cocoa butter, whole milk powder, skimmed milk powder, cocoa mass, rice starch, emulsifier (lecithins), natural orange oil, glazing agent (gum arabic), flavouring, colours (carmine, carotenes), consumption is not recommended for people allergic to the allergens indicated in bold, may contain soya, nuts and peanuts, in the chocolate part: milk solids 26 % minimum, cocoa solids 32 % minimum,

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.

  • E120 Cochineal Carmine is a red colour made from cochineal insects.
  • E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
  • 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.
  • E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate Polyglycerol polyricinoleate (PGPR) is an emulsifier made from castor oil.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
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  • 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.
  • Glazing agent Glazing agents, waxes and shellac for example, coat a surface to make it shiny or stop pieces sticking together.

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.

  • 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.

  • Chocolates Products in the category "Chocolates" are at least group 3.
  • 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 10 chocolate molds

From least to most processed, this one ranks 10th. 80% of the chocolate molds 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 10 chocolate molds, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 3664346343367, last edited 8 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.
  • 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.