Is Waitrose Blonde Chocolate ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 26 ingredients
- 4 additives
- Nutri-Score E
Less processed white chocolates
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Cocoa butter, cane sugar (processing marker), whole milk powder (processing marker), feuilletine wafer 11% (wheat flour, sugar (processing marker), rapeseed oil, sunflower oil (processing marker), milk fat, lactose (ultra-processing marker), milk proteins (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker), barley malt extract, emulsifier (ultra-processing marker) (sunflower lecithin (ultra-processing marker)), raising agent (sodium hydrogen carbonate)), caramelised sugar (processing marker), skimmed milk powder (processing marker), emulsifier (ultra-processing marker) (soya lecithin (ultra-processing marker)), flavouring (ultra-processing marker), sea salt (processing marker) 0.2%, vanilla extract, White Chocolate contains cocoa solids 31%, milk 26%
Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate
As written on the pack
Cocoa butter, cane sugar, whole milk powder, feuilletine wafer (11%) (wheat flour, sugar, rapeseed oil, sunflower oil, milk fat, lactose (milk), milk proteins, salt, barley malt extract, emulsifier (sunflower lecithin), raising agent (sodium hydrogen carbonate)), caramelised sugar, skimmed milk powder, emulsifier (soya lecithin), flavouring, sea salt (0.2%), vanilla extract. White Chocolate contains cocoa solids 31 % minimum, milk solids 26 % minimum
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.
- 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.
- Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.
- Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
6 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.
- Chocolates Products in the category "Chocolates" are at least group 3.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- 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.
- Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.
Among 42 white chocolates
From least to most processed, this one ranks 37th. 93% of the white chocolates here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000169633830, last edited 26 May 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 E (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.