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Is Tesco Finest Belgian Chocolate Mousse ultra-processed?

Dairy mousses Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tesco Finest Belgian Chocolate Mousse

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:

  • 12 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed dairy 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

Whole Milk, Whipping Cream, Dark Chocolate 25% (Cocoa Mass, Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Emulsifier (Soya Lecithins)), Sugar, Skimmed Milk, Beef Gelatine, Tapioca Starch

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E428 Gelatine

As written on the pack

Whole Milk, Whipping Cream (Milk) (25%), Dark Chocolate (25%) [ Cocoa Mass, Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Emulsifier (Soya Lecithins)], Sugar, Dried Skimmed Milk, Beef Gelatine, Tapioca Starch. May contain: peanuts, 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.
  • E428 Gelatine Gelatine is a gelling agent made from collagen in animal skin and bones.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
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

Among 10 dairy mousses

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1st. 100% of the dairy 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 10 dairy mousses, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5051898252960, 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.