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Is Twinings Luxury Chocolate Drink ultra-processed?

350 g Instant chocolate powders Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Twinings Luxury Chocolate Drink

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:

  • 21 ingredients
  • 2 additives

Less processed instant chocolate powders

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

sugar, fat-reduced cocoa powder 18%, dried glucose syrup, chocolate 7% (sugar, cocoa mass, fat-reduced cocoa powder, vanillin), calcium phosphate, soy lecithin, vanillin, salt, vitamins, vitamin b1, vitamin b2, vitamin b6, vitamin b12, folic acid, niacin, pantothenic acid, free

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin

As written on the pack

sugar, fat-reduced cocoa powder (18%), dried glucose syrup, chocolate (7%) (sugar, cocoa mass, fat-reduced cocoa powder, vanillin), calcium phosphate, emulsifier (soy lecithin), vanillin, salt, vitamins (b1, b2, b6, b12, folic acid, niacin, pantothenic acid), for allergens, see ingredients in bold, may also contain hazelnut and milk gluten free, suitable for vegetarians

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.

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.
2 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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 51 instant chocolate powders

From least to most processed, this one ranks 28th. 88% of the instant chocolate powders 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 51 instant chocolate powders, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0070177259075, last edited 3 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.