Is Uno Penotti Hazelnut Spread ultra-processed?

Hazelnut spreads Sold in Australia

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Emulsifier
E322 Lecithins

9 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score E

Less processed hazelnut spreads

Smooth Hazelnut Cashew & Cacao Butter Mayver's 5 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 1
Nutella Hazelnut Spread with Cocoa Ferrero 7 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
Hazelnut Spread with Cocoa Nocciolata 8 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
Fine and raw chocolate hazelnut butter spread 5 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3

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 (processing marker), vegetable oils (processing marker) (rapeseed vegetable oils, palm vegetable oils), hazelnuts, fat reduced cocoa powder, skimmed milk powder (processing marker), emulsifier (ultra-processing marker) (lecithin (ultra-processing marker))

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin

As written on the pack

sugar, vegetable oils (rapeseed, palm), hazelnuts, fat reduced cocoa powder, skimmed milk powder, emulsifier (lecithin)

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.

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 oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
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 62 hazelnut spreads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 29th. 94% of the hazelnut spreads 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 62 hazelnut spreads, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8717200010662, last edited 7 May 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
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.