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Is Tesco Chocolate Fruit & Nut Mix ultra-processed?

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Pack of Tesco Chocolate Fruit & Nut Mix

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
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score D

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Almonds 30%, Dark Chocolate 21% (Sugar, Cocoa Mass, Cocoa Butter, Vanilla Extract, Emulsifier (Sunflower Lecithins)), Cashew Nuts 20%, Pineapple Juice Infused Dried Cranberries 20%, Cranberry, Pineapple Juice from Concentrate, Sunflower Oil Sultanas 8%, Sultana, Sunflower Oill, Tapioca Starch, Glazing Agent, Shellac Dark Chocolate contains (Cocoa solids 52%), Also, Caution This product may occasionally contain small fragments of shell, This product may occasionally contain fruits pips, Warning Not suitable for small children who can choke on nuts

Additives: E322 Lecithins

As written on the pack

Almonds (30%) Dark Chocolate (21%) [Sugar, Cocoa Mass, Cocoa Butter, Vanilla Extract, Emulsifier (Sunflower Lecithins)], Cashew Nuts (20%), Pineapple Juice Infused Dried Cranberries (20%) [Cranberry, Pineapple Juice from Concentrate, Sunflower Oil Sultanas (8%) [Sultana, Sunflower Oill, Tapioca Starch, Glazing Agent (Shellac Dark Chocolate contains: Cocoa solids 52% minimum. Allergy Advice For allergens, see ingredients in bold. Also, may contain peanuts, other nuts, sesame seeds, milk and soya. Suitable for vegetarians. Caution This product may occasionally contain small fragments of shell. This product may occasionally contain fruits pips. Warning Not suitable for small children who can choke on nuts.

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.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
  • Glazing agent Glazing agents, waxes and shellac for example, coat a surface to make it shiny or stop pieces sticking together.
2 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.

  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 03246610, last edited 27 March 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.