Hazelnut Wafer in Milk Chocolate

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Hazelnut Wafer in Milk Chocolate scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Modified Fats (Partially Hydrogenated Rape And Palm Oil): Hydrogenation and modification are UPF markers.
• Processed Fruit Products (Fat-Reduced Cocoa Powder): Concentrates and extracts indicate significant processing.
• Emulsifiers (Emulsifier: Soya Lecithin): Industrial emulsifiers indicate UPF.

Within Cookies & Crackers, this product is more processed than about 51% of the 18,630 products we've analyzed.

Processing classification reflects ingredient and additive analysis, not a judgment of any product's safety, quality, or healthfulness.

What These Ingredients Tell Us

We group Hazelnut Wafer in Milk Chocolate's ingredients into ingredient categories and note how each relates to food processing. The notes below describe the category, not this specific product's formulation.

Sugars & Natural SweetenersProcessing indicator

In this product: Milk Chocolate 29% (Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Whole Milk Powder, Cocoa Paste, Whey Powder From Milk, Vegetable Fat, Emulsifiers: Soya Lecithin And Polyglycerol Polyricinoleate, Flavour), Sugar.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Rape Oil.

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.