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Is Tesco Chocolate Mousse Made With Milk Chocolate 13 ultra-processed?

360g (6 x 60 g) Chocolate mousses Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tesco Chocolate Mousse Made With Milk Chocolate 13

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:

  • 16 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed desserts

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

Skimmed Milk, Water, Sugar, Milk Chocolate 8% (Sugar Cocoa Mass, Dried Whole Milk, Cocoa Butter, Skimmed Milk), Coconut Oil, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Tapioca Starch, Pork Gelatine, Skimmed Milk, Emulsifier (Lactic Acid Esters of mono- and DiGlycerides of Fatty Acids), Cream

Additives: E428 Gelatine , E472b Lactic acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

Skimmed Milk, Water, Sugar, Milk Chocolate Powder (8%) (Sugar Cocoa Mass, Dried Whole Milk. Cocoa Butter, Dried Skimmed Milk), Coconut Oil, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Tapioca Starch, Pork Gelatine, Dried Skimmed Milk, Emulsifier (Lactic Acid Esters of Mono - and Di-Glycerides of Fatty Acids), Cream (Milk).

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.

  • E428 Gelatine Gelatine is a gelling agent made from collagen in animal skin and bones.
  • E472b Lactic acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
5 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.
  • Vegetable fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • 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 17 chocolate mousses

From least to most processed, this one ranks 2nd. 100% of the chocolate mousses 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 17 chocolate mousses, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5054402850850, last edited 25 July 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.