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Yes — Drinking Hot Chocolate is ultra-processed.
The ingredient list is valid. The product is classified as ultra-processed because it contains 'flavouring', which is an industrial additive used to modify taste and is considered a marker of ultra-processing under the NOVA system. Other ingredients like sugar, cocoa powder, salt, and a may-contain milk statement are not UPF on their own, but the presence of flavouring is sufficient to classify the final product as UPF.
Other drinks Nomi has checked — these ones aren't ultra-processed.
Alkoholfrei
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Not UPF
Organic hot chocolate
Green and blacks
Not UPF
Orange Juice smooth from concentrate
Tesco
Not UPF
Pitted Dates
Aldi
Not UPF
Coconut Water
Naturis
Not UPF
Bolt from the Blue
Innocent
Not UPF
100% Sparkling Apple Juice
Appletiser (Coca-Cola)
Not UPF
Smooth Orange Juice
Innocent
Not UPF
BLUE BOLT
innocent
Not UPF
Nescafe Original
Nestlé, Nescafé
Not UPF
Yes — Drinking Hot Chocolate by Cadbury is ultra-processed, so it counts as a UPF (ultra-processed food). The ingredient list is valid. The product is classified as ultra-processed because it contains 'flavouring', which is an industrial additive used to modify taste and is considered a marker of ultra-processing under the NOVA system. Other ingredients like sugar, cocoa powder, salt, and a may-contain milk statement are not UPF on their own, but the presence of flavouring is sufficient to classify the final product as UPF.
Nomi flags one ingredient in Drinking Hot Chocolate as an ultra-processed marker: flavouring. See the full ingredient breakdown above for what each one is.
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.
Scan any barcode — or photograph the ingredients label — with the free Nomi app for iOS and Android. You'll get an instant ultra-processed verdict with every ingredient explained in plain English.
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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.