Is Vegan Topic whole hazelnut ultra-processed?

100g Milk chocolates with hazelnuts Sold in the United Kingdom

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

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Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Sugar (processing marker), hazelnuts 25%, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, hazelnut paste C 8.5%, rice syrup, salt (processing marker), vanilla extract

As written on the pack

Sugar, hazelnuts (25%), cocoa butter, cocoa mass, hazelnut paste C(8.5%), dried rice syrup, salt, vanilla extract

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1st. 95% of the milk chocolates with hazelnuts 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.

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5056357901748, last edited 27 March 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
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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.