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Is Waitrose Choco Pops ultra-processed?

Chocolate cereals Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Waitrose Choco Pops

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:

  • 28 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed chocolate cereals

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

Rice, sugar, cocoa powder 4%, chocolate 3% (cocoa mass, sugar, fat reduced cocoa powder), chocolate 3% (sugar, cocoa mass, fat reduced cocoa powder), barley malt extract, salt, flavouring, emulsifier (mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids), niacin, pantothenic acid (B5), iron, thiamin (B1), riboflavin, vitamins, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, folic acid, biotin

Additives: E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

Rice, sugar, cocoa powder (4%), chocolate (3%) (cocoa mass, sugar, fat reduced cocoa powder), chocolate (3%) (sugar, cocoa mass, fat reduced cocoa powder), barley malt extract, salt, flavouring, emulsifier (mono - and diglycerides of fatty acids), niacin, pantothenic acid (B5), iron, thiamin (B1), riboflavin, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, folic acid, biotin

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.

  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
  • 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.
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 105 chocolate cereals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 58th. 90% of the chocolate cereals 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 105 chocolate cereals, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000169579329, 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.
  • 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.