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Yes — Instant hot chocolate is ultra-processed.
Classified as ultra-processed because it contains industrial additives and formulations including glucose syrup (an industrial refined sugar syrup), stabilisers (potassium phosphates, polyphosphates), emulsifiers (sunflower lecithins, mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids), and an anti-caking agent (silicon dioxide). These extracted and synthesized additives go beyond basic culinary ingredients and meet NOVA criteria for ultra-processed foods.
Similar products that aren't ultra-processed — swap and keep the flavour.
Other drinks Nomi has checked — these ones aren't ultra-processed.
Spring Water
Kirkland Signature
Not UPF
Fairtrade Instant Hot Chocolate
Clipper
Not UPF
Drinking Chocolate
Sainsbury's
Not UPF
Achocolatado em Pó
Continente
Not UPF
Super cosy drinking chocolate
Clipper
Not UPF
Cacao Bliss
Not UPF
Classic Hot Chocolate Powder
Islands
Not UPF
Hot Chocolate
Clipper, Clipper - Teas
Not UPF
Wild Blueberry Conserve
Bonne Maman
Not UPF
Fruit rolls
Bear, Bear Nibbles
Not UPF
Yes — Instant hot chocolate by Bellarom is ultra-processed, so it counts as a UPF (ultra-processed food). Classified as ultra-processed because it contains industrial additives and formulations including glucose syrup (an industrial refined sugar syrup), stabilisers (potassium phosphates, polyphosphates), emulsifiers (sunflower lecithins, mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids), and an anti-caking agent (silicon dioxide). These extracted and synthesized additives go beyond basic culinary ingredients and meet NOVA criteria for ultra-processed foods.
Nomi flags 2 ingredients in Instant hot chocolate as ultra-processed markers: glucose syrup, silicon dioxide. See the full ingredient breakdown above for what each one is.
Nomi has reviewed similar products that are not ultra-processed, including Bournville Cocoa by Cadbury, Drinking Chocolate by Sainsbury's, Cacao Bliss. See the healthier alternatives above for details.
Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are industrial formulations made with ingredients and additives you wouldn't find in a home kitchen — such as emulsifiers, artificial flavourings, colourings and modified starches. The classification is based on the NOVA system used by researchers and dietitians worldwide.
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Product information comes from public databases and Nomi's own analysis, and may contain errors. Always check the packaging. Ultra-processed classification is based on the NOVA food processing system.
