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Is Tony's Chocolonely Egg-stra special chocolate eggs ultra-processed?

Chocolate candies Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tony's Chocolonely Egg-stra special chocolate eggs

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:

  • 81 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed chocolate candies

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

dark chocolate (cocoa mass), sugar, cocoa butter sea salt, Madecithin)MLK CHOCOLATE (sugar), dried whole milk, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, emulsifier (soya lecithin), emu CHOCOLATE CARAMEL SEA SALT (sugar), dried whole milk, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, caramel 10% (sugar, glucose yrup, cream, butter), sea salt 0.5%, emulsifier (soya lecithin), white chocolate (sugar), cocoa butter, dried whole milk, emulsifier (soya lecithin), milk chocolate hazelnut (sugar), dried whole milk, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, hazelnuts 10%, emulsifier (soya lecithin), milk chocolate almond honey nougat (sugar), dried whole milk, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, nougat 10% (cane sugar, glucose syrup, almonds 2%, potato starch, honey 0.1%, cocoa butter, egg white), emulsifier (soya lecithin), dark milk chocolate (sugar), cocoa mass, dried whole milk, cocoa butter, emulsifier (soya lecithin), DARK CHOCOLATE ALMOND SEA SALT cocoa mass, sugar, almonds 10%, cocoa butter, sea salt 0.5%, emulsifier (soya lecithin), In addition, Cocoa solids 18% (white 32%, milk 42%, dark milk 52%, dark) minimum, Milk), tritional values per 100 g per serving, RI per serving (average, average), Tony's Chocolonely ltd, 36b Rosedale Road Richmond, tw9 2sx

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin

As written on the pack

DARK CHOCOLATE: cocoa mass, sugar, cocoa butter sea salt, Madecithin)MLK CHOCOLATE: sugar, dried whole milk, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, emulsifier (soya lecithin). emu CHOCOLATE CARAMEL SEA SALT: sugar, dried whole milk, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, 10% caramel pieces (sugar, glucose yrup, cream (milk), butter (milk)), 0.5% sea salt, emulsifier (soya lecithin). WHITE CHOCOLATE: sugar, cocoa butter, dried whole milk, emulsifier (soya lecithin). MILK CHOCOLATE HAZELNUT: sugar, dried whole milk, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, 10% hazelnuts, emulsifier (soya lecithin). MILK CHOCOLATE ALMOND HONEY NOUGAT: sugar, dried whole milk, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, 10% nougat (cane sugar, glucose syrup, 2% almonds, potato starch, 0.1% honey, cocoa butter, egg white), emulsifier (soya lecithin), DARK MILK CHOCOLATE: sugar, cocoa mass, dried whole milk, cocoa butter, emulsifier (soya lecithin). DARK CHOCOLATE ALMOND SEA SALT cocoa mass, sugar, 10% almonds, cocoa butter, 0.5% sea salt, emulsifier (soya lecithin). For allergens, see ingredients in bold. In addition, all products may also contain: milk, gluten, egg, peanut and nuts. Cocoa solids: 19% (white)/32% (milk)/42% (dark milk)/52% (dark) minimum. Milk solids: 18% minimum. tritional values per 100 gram per serving (30g) RI per serving (average) (average) Tony's Chocolonely ltd (UK) 36b Rosedale Road Richmond, TW9 2SX

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.

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.
7 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.

  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • 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 773 chocolate candies

From least to most processed, this one ranks 402nd. 91% of the 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 773 chocolate candies, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8719956496264, 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.