Is Toblerone ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 11 ingredients
- 1 additive
- Nutri-Score E
Less processed milk chocolates
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Dark milk chocolate
Tesco
4 ingredients · no additives
NOVA group
3
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single origin milk chocolate
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6 ingredients · no additives
NOVA group
3
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Milk Single Origin Chocolate
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6 ingredients · no additives
NOVA group
3
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Hazelnut, Caramelised Cashew & Pistachio Milk Chocolate
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12 ingredients · no additives
NOVA group
3
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Sugar (processing marker), whole MILK powder (processing marker), cocoa butter, cocoa mass, honey (processing marker) 3%, MILK fat, almonds 1.6%, emulsifier (ultra-processing marker) (SOYA lecithins (ultra-processing marker)), EGG white, flavouring (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E322 Lecithins
As written on the pack
Sugar, whole MILK powder, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, honey (3%), MILK fat, ALMONDS (1.6%), emulsifier (SOYA lecithins), EGG white, flavouring.
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.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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.
- Chocolates Products in the category "Chocolates" are at least group 3.
- Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
- 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.
Among 279 milk chocolates
From least to most processed, this one ranks 105th. 93% of the milk chocolates here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7622202287510, last edited 4 April 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.