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Is Tesco Milk Cooking Chocolate ultra-processed?

150g Milk chocolates Sold in the United Kingdom

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:

  • 14 ingredients
  • 1 additive

Less processed milk chocolates

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 Butter, Dried Whole Milk, Cocoa Mass** Emulsifier (Soya Lecithins), Flavouring, Find out more at ra.org Milk Chocolate contains (Cocoa solids 34%), Milk solids 20%, ✓ ☑ Caution A white 'bloom' may appear on this product, This is not harmful and will disappear on melting, NUTRITION As sold Typical values Per 1, 3 of a 100g pack, Enorg 2342kJ 11711

Additives: E322 Lecithins

As written on the pack

Sugar, Cocoa Butter**, Dried Whole Milk, Cocoa Mass** Emulsifier (Soya Lecithins), Flavouring. **Rainforest Alliance Certified. Find out more at ra.org Milk Chocolate contains: Cocoa solids 34% minimum, Milk solids 20% minimum. Allergy Advice For allergens, see ingredients in bold. ✓ Suitable for vegetarians ☑ Caution A white 'bloom' may appear on this product. This is not harmful and will disappear on melting. NUTRITION As sold Typical values Per 1/3 of a 100g pack (50g) Enorg 2342kJ 11711

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.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
4 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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • 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 279 milk chocolates

From least to most processed, this one ranks 63rd. 93% of the milk chocolates 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 279 milk chocolates, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5018374352453, last edited 18 January 2025), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.