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Assorted chocolate candies Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of The collection

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:

  • 34 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed bonbons

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

assorted dark and milk peppermint chocolates, dark and milk chocolates contain vegetable fat in addition to cocoa butter, dark chocolate contains cocoa solids 38%, milk chocolate contains cocoa solids 25%, solids 14%, ingredients (sugar), cocoa mass, vegetable fats (palm, palm kernel, shea), dried whole milk, glucose syrup, cocoa butter, butterfat, whey powder, emulsifiers (lecithins, polyglycerol polyricinoleate), natural flavourings, natural peppermint oil, stabiliser (invertase), saffower concentrate, colour (chlorophylls), spirulina concentrate, important (young children (less than 4 years), have limited chewing ability and could choke on small sweets), find out more at ra, org

Additives: E1103 Invertase , E140 Chlorophylls and Chlorophyllins , E140i Chlorophylls , E322 Lecithins , E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate

As written on the pack

assorted dark and milk peppermint chocolates, dark and milk chocolates contain vegetable fat in addition to cocoa butter, dark chocolate contains cocoa solids 38% minimum, milk chocolate contains cocoa solids 25% minimum, milk chocolate contains milk solids 14% minimum, ingredients: sugar, cocoa mass, vegetable fats (palm, palm kernel, shea), dried whole milk, glucose syrup, cocoa butter, butterfat (milk), whey powder (milk), emulsifiers (lecithins, polyglycerol polyricinoleate), natural flavourings, natural peppermint oil, stabiliser (invertase), saffower concentrate, colour (chlorophylls), spirulina concentrate, may contain peanuts, tree nuts, egg and soya, important: young children (less than 4 years) have limited chewing ability and could choke on small sweets, rainforest alliance certified cocoa, find out more at ra, org

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.

  • E140 Chlorophylls and Chlorophyllins Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of 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.
  • E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate Polyglycerol polyricinoleate (PGPR) is an emulsifier made from castor oil.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
  • 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.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
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.

  • 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.
  • 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 19 assorted chocolate candies

From least to most processed, this one ranks 7th. 100% of the assorted chocolate candies 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 19 assorted chocolate candies, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8593893781412, last edited 26 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.