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Is turtle cocoa pillows Hazelnut filling ultra-processed?

300 g Filled cereals Sold in the United Kingdom, Belgium and 2 more countries

Pack of turtle cocoa pillows Hazelnut filling

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:

  • 17 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed extruded cereals

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

rice flour, hazelnut, cocoa filling 30% (cane sugar, sunflower oil, hazelnuts 8.5%, rice, fat reduced cocoa powder 4%, cocoa powder 4%, cocoa butter, sunflower lecithin), cane sugar, corn flour, fat reduced cocoa powder 4%, sunflower oil, from eu, agriculture

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin

As written on the pack

rice flour*, hazelnut and cocoa filling* 30% (cane sugar*, sunflower oil*, hazelnuts* 8,5%, dry rice syrup*, fat reduced cocoa powder* 4%, cocoa powder* 4%, cocoa butter*, emulsifier: sunflower lecithin*), cane sugar*, corn flour*, fat reduced cocoa powder* 4%, sunflower oil*, *certified organic ingredients from eu/non-eu agriculture, may contain peanuts, soy, milk and other nuts,

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.
3 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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 26 filled cereals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1st. 100% of the filled cereals 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 26 filled cereals, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5425038430417, last edited 18 September 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.