Is Tony's Chocolonely Mint Caramell Biscuit ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 30 ingredients
- 3 additives
- Nutri-Score E
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Socker (processing marker), helmjölkspulver (processing marker), kakaosmör, kakaomassa, kakor 9% (vetemjöl, socker (processing marker), smör (processing marker), glukossirap (ultra-processing marker), skummjölkspulver (processing marker), dextros (ultra-processing marker), bakpulver (ammoniumkarbonater), salt (processing marker), helmjölkspulver (processing marker), emulgeringsmedel (ultra-processing marker) (lecithin, lecitin (ultra-processing marker))), karamell 6% (sötad kondenserad mjölk, glukossirap (ultra-processing marker), smör (processing marker), kakaosmör, stabiliseringsmedel (karragenan (ultra-processing marker)), salt (processing marker), emulgeringsmedel (ultra-processing marker) (solroslecitin (ultra-processing marker))), emulgeringsmedel (ultra-processing marker) (sojalecitin (ultra-processing marker))
Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E407 Carrageenan
As written on the pack
Socker, helmjölkspulver, kakaosmör, kakaomassa, 9% kakor (vetemjöl, socker, smör (mjölk), glukossirap, skummjölkspulver, dextros, bakpulver (ammoniumkarbonater), salt, helmjölkspulver, emulgeringsmedel (lecithin/lecitin)), 6% karamell (sötad kondenserad mjölk, glukossirap, saltat smör (mjölk), kakaosmör, stabiliseringsmedel (karragenan), salt, emulgeringsmedel (solroslecitin)), emulgeringsmedel (sojalecitin).
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.
- E407 Carrageenan Carrageenan is a thickener and gelling agent extracted from red seaweed, used widely in dairy desserts, plant-based drinks and processed meats.
- 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.
- Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
- 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.
6 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.
- Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- 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 250th. 93% of the milk chocolates here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8720701143524, last edited 2 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.