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Is Tesco Choco Nut Pillows ultra-processed?

375 g Filled cereals Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Tesco Choco Nut Pillows

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:

  • 47 ingredients
  • 6 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed extruded cereals

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

Chocolate 35%, Hazelnut Filling 35%, Rice Flour, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Oat Flour, Maize, Sugar, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Salt, Sunflower Oil, Sunflower Lecithins, mono- and DiGlycerides of Fatty Acids, Maltodextrin, Dextrose, Iron, Vitamin E, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Tocopherol-Rich Extract, Niacin, Pantothenic Acid, Vitamin B12, vitamins, vitamin D2, Thiamin, Folic Acid, Citric Acid, Riboflavin, Vitamin B6, Chocolate, Hazelnut Filling contains (Sugar), Rapeseed Oil, Palm Oil, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Chocolate, Hazelnuts, Sunflower Lecithins, Flavouring, Chocolate contains (Cocoa Mass), Sugar, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder

Additives: E304 Fatty acid esters of ascorbic acid , E304i Ascorbyl palmitate , E306 Tocopherol-rich extract , E322 Lecithins , E330 Citric acid , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

Chocolate and Hazelnut Filling (35%), Rice Flour, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Oat Flour, Maize, Sugar, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Salt, Sunflower Oil, Emulsifiers (Sunflower Lecithins, Mono - and Di-Glycerides of Fatty Acids), Maltodextrin, Dextrose, Iron, Vitamin E, Antioxidants (Ascorbyl Palmitate, Tocopherol - Rich Extract), Niacin, Pantothenic Acid, Vitamin B12, Vitamin D2, Thiamin, Folic Acid, Citric Acid, Riboflavin, Vitamin B6. Chocolate and Hazelnut Filling contains: Sugar, Rapeseed Oil, Palm Oil, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Chocolate, Hazelnuts, Emulsifier (Sunflower Lecithins), Flavouring. Chocolate contains: Cocoa Mass, Sugar, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder.

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.
  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
  • 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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
3 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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 26 filled cereals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 9th. 100% of the filled cereals 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 26 filled cereals, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5052910347954, last edited 18 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.