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Is Ülker Go Ahead Üç Katlı Lezzet Kuruyemişli ve Bitter Çikolatalı Meyve Bar ultra-processed?

35 g Candy chocolate bars Sold in the United States and Turkey

Pack of Ülker Go Ahead Üç Katlı Lezzet Kuruyemişli ve Bitter Çikolatalı Meyve Bar

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:

  • 32 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed candy chocolate bars

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

Dates 21%, almonds 17%, water, chicory root fibre (inulin), peanuts 7.7%, cocoa mass, maltitol, fruit juice concentrates (date, lemon), corn fibre, raisins 3.6%, sorbitol, glycerol, hazelnut 3%, apple juice, chickpea flour, milk protein concentrate, orange peel 1.6%, corn semolina, cocoa butter, reduced-fat cocoa powder, rice, sunflower oil, clarified butter, sunflower lecithin, barley malt extract, rice flour, salt, natural flavouring (vanilla)

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E420 Sorbitol , E422 Glycerol , E965 Maltitol

As written on the pack

Dates 21%, almonds 17%, water, chicory root fibre (inulin), peanuts 7.7%, cocoa mass, sweetener (maltitol), fruit juice concentrates (date, lemon), corn fibre, raisins 3.6%, humectants (sorbitol, glycerol), hazelnut puree 3%, apple juice, chickpea flour, milk protein concentrate, orange peel 1.6%, corn semolina, cocoa butter, reduced-fat cocoa powder, broken rice, sunflower oil, clarified butter (milk), emulsifier (sunflower lecithin), barley malt extract, rice flour, salt, natural flavouring (vanilla).

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.
  • E420 Sorbitol Sorbitol is a sugar alcohol used as a sweetener and to keep products moist.
  • E422 Glycerol Glycerol is a sweet-tasting liquid used to keep products moist and soft.
  • E965 Maltitol Maltitol is a sugar alcohol made from starch, used as a sweetener in "no added sugar" sweets and chocolate.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.

  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
  • Fruit juice concentrate An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
4 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.
  • 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.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 201 candy chocolate bars

From least to most processed, this one ranks 171st. 94% of the candy chocolate bars 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 201 candy chocolate bars, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8683508112066, last edited 23 August 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.