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Fairtrade Chocolate Box - Mars - 310g

Fairtrade Chocolate Box - Mars - 310g

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Barcode: 5000159523752 (EAN / EAN-13)

Quantity: 310g

Packaging: Card-box, Mixed plastic-film

Brands: Mars

Categories: Snacks, Sweet snacks, Cocoa and its products, Confectioneries, Chocolate candies

Labels, certifications, awards: Fair trade, Fairtrade International

Stores: Tesco

Countries where sold: Ireland

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Ingredients

28 ingredients

sugar, skimmed milk powder, cocoa butter, glucose syrup, barley malt extract, cocoa mass, palm fat, lactose and protein from whey (from milk), whey powder (from milk), milk fat, emulsifiers (soya lecithin, e492), wheat flour, palm kernel fat, palm kernel oil, raising agents (e341, e500, e501), wheat gluten, salt, glazing agent (pectins), natural vanilla extract, milk chocolate contains milk solids 14% minimum

Allergens: Gluten, Milk, Soybeans

Food processing

Ultra processed foods
Elements that indicate the product is in the 4 - Ultra processed food and drink products group:

Additive: E322 - Lecithins

Additive: E440 - Pectins

Additive: E492 - Sorbitan tristearate

Ingredient: Emulsifier

Ingredient: Glazing agent

Ingredient: Glucose

Ingredient: Glucose syrup

Ingredient: Gluten

Ingredient: Whey
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Additives

E322 - Lecithins

Lecithin: Lecithin -UK: , US: , from the Greek lekithos, "egg yolk"- is a generic term to designate any group of yellow-brownish fatty substances occurring in animal and plant tissues, which are amphiphilic – they attract both water and fatty substances -and so are both hydrophilic and lipophilic-, and are used for smoothing food textures, dissolving powders -emulsifying-, homogenizing liquid mixtures, and repelling sticking materials.Lecithins are mixtures of glycerophospholipids including phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylserine, and phosphatidic acid.Lecithin was first isolated in 1845 by the French chemist and pharmacist Theodore Gobley. In 1850, he named the phosphatidylcholine lécithine. Gobley originally isolated lecithin from egg yolk—λέκιθος lekithos is "egg yolk" in Ancient Greek—and established the complete chemical formula of phosphatidylcholine in 1874; in between, he had demonstrated the presence of lecithin in a variety of biological matters, including venous blood, in human lungs, bile, human brain tissue, fish eggs, fish roe, and chicken and sheep brain. Lecithin can easily be extracted chemically using solvents such as hexane, ethanol, acetone, petroleum ether, benzene, etc., or extraction can be done mechanically. It is usually available from sources such as soybeans, eggs, milk, marine sources, rapeseed, cottonseed, and sunflower. It has low solubility in water, but is an excellent emulsifier. In aqueous solution, its phospholipids can form either liposomes, bilayer sheets, micelles, or lamellar structures, depending on hydration and temperature. This results in a type of surfactant that usually is classified as amphipathic. Lecithin is sold as a food additive and dietary supplement. In cooking, it is sometimes used as an emulsifier and to prevent sticking, for example in nonstick cooking spray.
Source: Wikipedia

E322i - Lecithin

Lecithin: Lecithin -UK: , US: , from the Greek lekithos, "egg yolk"- is a generic term to designate any group of yellow-brownish fatty substances occurring in animal and plant tissues, which are amphiphilic – they attract both water and fatty substances -and so are both hydrophilic and lipophilic-, and are used for smoothing food textures, dissolving powders -emulsifying-, homogenizing liquid mixtures, and repelling sticking materials.Lecithins are mixtures of glycerophospholipids including phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylserine, and phosphatidic acid.Lecithin was first isolated in 1845 by the French chemist and pharmacist Theodore Gobley. In 1850, he named the phosphatidylcholine lécithine. Gobley originally isolated lecithin from egg yolk—λέκιθος lekithos is "egg yolk" in Ancient Greek—and established the complete chemical formula of phosphatidylcholine in 1874; in between, he had demonstrated the presence of lecithin in a variety of biological matters, including venous blood, in human lungs, bile, human brain tissue, fish eggs, fish roe, and chicken and sheep brain. Lecithin can easily be extracted chemically using solvents such as hexane, ethanol, acetone, petroleum ether, benzene, etc., or extraction can be done mechanically. It is usually available from sources such as soybeans, eggs, milk, marine sources, rapeseed, cottonseed, and sunflower. It has low solubility in water, but is an excellent emulsifier. In aqueous solution, its phospholipids can form either liposomes, bilayer sheets, micelles, or lamellar structures, depending on hydration and temperature. This results in a type of surfactant that usually is classified as amphipathic. Lecithin is sold as a food additive and dietary supplement. In cooking, it is sometimes used as an emulsifier and to prevent sticking, for example in nonstick cooking spray.
Source: Wikipedia

E341 - Calcium phosphates

Calcium phosphate: Calcium phosphate is a family of materials and minerals containing calcium ions -Ca2+- together with inorganic phosphate anions. Some so-called calcium phosphates contain oxide and hydroxide as well. They are white solids of nutritious value.
Source: Wikipedia

E440 - Pectins

Pectin: Pectin -from Ancient Greek: πηκτικός pēktikós, "congealed, curdled"- is a structural heteropolysaccharide contained in the primary cell walls of terrestrial plants. It was first isolated and described in 1825 by Henri Braconnot. It is produced commercially as a white to light brown powder, mainly extracted from citrus fruits, and is used in food as a gelling agent, particularly in jams and jellies. It is also used in dessert fillings, medicines, sweets, as a stabilizer in fruit juices and milk drinks, and as a source of dietary fiber.
Source: Wikipedia

E492 - Sorbitan tristearate

Sorbitan tristearate: Sorbitan tristearate is a nonionic surfactant. It is variously used as a dispersing agent, emulsifier, and stabilizer, in food and in aerosol sprays. As a food additive, it has the E number E492. Brand names for polysorbates include Alkest, Canarcel, and Span. The consistency of sorbitan tristearate is waxy; its color is light cream to tan.
Source: Wikipedia

E500 - Sodium carbonates

Sodium carbonate: Sodium carbonate, Na2CO3, -also known as washing soda, soda ash and soda crystals, and in the monohydrate form as crystal carbonate- is the water-soluble sodium salt of carbonic acid. It most commonly occurs as a crystalline decahydrate, which readily effloresces to form a white powder, the monohydrate. Pure sodium carbonate is a white, odorless powder that is hygroscopic -absorbs moisture from the air-. It has a strongly alkaline taste, and forms a moderately basic solution in water. Sodium carbonate is well known domestically for its everyday use as a water softener. Historically it was extracted from the ashes of plants growing in sodium-rich soils, such as vegetation from the Middle East, kelp from Scotland and seaweed from Spain. Because the ashes of these sodium-rich plants were noticeably different from ashes of timber -used to create potash-, they became known as "soda ash". It is synthetically produced in large quantities from salt -sodium chloride- and limestone by a method known as the Solvay process. The manufacture of glass is one of the most important uses of sodium carbonate. Sodium carbonate acts as a flux for silica, lowering the melting point of the mixture to something achievable without special materials. This "soda glass" is mildly water-soluble, so some calcium carbonate is added to the melt mixture to make the glass produced insoluble. This type of glass is known as soda lime glass: "soda" for the sodium carbonate and "lime" for the calcium carbonate. Soda lime glass has been the most common form of glass for centuries. Sodium carbonate is also used as a relatively strong base in various settings. For example, it is used as a pH regulator to maintain stable alkaline conditions necessary for the action of the majority of photographic film developing agents. It acts as an alkali because when dissolved in water, it dissociates into the weak acid: carbonic acid and the strong alkali: sodium hydroxide. This gives sodium carbonate in solution the ability to attack metals such as aluminium with the release of hydrogen gas.It is a common additive in swimming pools used to raise the pH which can be lowered by chlorine tablets and other additives which contain acids. In cooking, it is sometimes used in place of sodium hydroxide for lyeing, especially with German pretzels and lye rolls. These dishes are treated with a solution of an alkaline substance to change the pH of the surface of the food and improve browning. In taxidermy, sodium carbonate added to boiling water will remove flesh from the bones of animal carcasses for trophy mounting or educational display. In chemistry, it is often used as an electrolyte. Electrolytes are usually salt-based, and sodium carbonate acts as a very good conductor in the process of electrolysis. In addition, unlike chloride ions, which form chlorine gas, carbonate ions are not corrosive to the anodes. It is also used as a primary standard for acid-base titrations because it is solid and air-stable, making it easy to weigh accurately.
Source: Wikipedia

E501 - Potassium carbonates

Potassium carbonate: Potassium carbonate -K2CO3- is a white salt, which is soluble in water -insoluble in ethanol- and forms a strongly alkaline solution. It can be made as the product of potassium hydroxide's absorbent reaction with carbon dioxide. It is deliquescent, often appearing a damp or wet solid. Potassium carbonate is used in the production of soap and glass.
Source: Wikipedia

Ingredients analysis

Palm oil

Ingredients that contain palm oil: Palm fat, Palm kernel fat, Palm kernel oil

Non-vegan
Non-vegan ingredients: Skimmed milk powder, Milk, Whey powder, Milk, Milkfat
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: sugar, skimmed milk powder, cocoa butter, glucose syrup, barley malt extract, cocoa mass, palm fat, lactose and protein from whey (from milk), whey powder (from milk), milk fat, emulsifiers (soya lecithin, e492), wheat flour, palm kernel fat, palm kernel oil, raising agents (e341, e500, e501), wheat gluten, salt, glazing agent (pectins), natural vanilla extract, solids 14%
sugar -> en:sugar - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes

skimmed milk powder -> en:skimmed-milk-powder - vegan: no - vegetarian: yes

cocoa butter -> en:cocoa-butter - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes

glucose syrup -> en:glucose-syrup - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes

barley malt extract -> en:barley-malt-extract - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes

cocoa mass -> en:cocoa-paste - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes

palm fat -> en:palm-fat - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - from_palm_oil: yes

lactose and protein from whey -> en:lactose-and-protein-from-whey

from milk -> en:milk - vegan: no - vegetarian: yes

whey powder -> en:whey-powder - vegan: no - vegetarian: maybe

from milk -> en:milk - vegan: no - vegetarian: yes

milk fat -> en:milkfat - vegan: no - vegetarian: yes - from_palm_oil: maybe

emulsifiers -> en:emulsifier

soya lecithin -> en:soya-lecithin - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes

e492 -> en:e492 - vegan: maybe - vegetarian: maybe

wheat flour -> en:wheat-flour - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes

palm kernel fat -> en:palm-kernel-fat - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - from_palm_oil: yes

palm kernel oil -> en:palm-kernel-oil - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - from_palm_oil: yes

raising agents -> en:raising-agent

e341 -> en:e341 - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes

e500 -> en:e500 - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes

e501 -> en:e501 - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes

wheat gluten -> en:wheat-gluten - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes

salt -> en:salt - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes

glazing agent -> en:glazing-agent

pectins -> en:e440a - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes

natural vanilla extract -> en:natural-vanilla-extract - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes

solids -> en:solids - percent: 14

Nutrition

Bad nutritional quality
⚠️ Warning: the amount of fiber is not specified, their possible positive contribution to the grade could not be taken into account.

⚠️ Warning: the amount of fruits, vegetables and nuts is not specified on the label, it was estimated from the list of ingredients: 0
This product is not considered a beverage for the calculation of the Nutri-Score.

Positive points: 0

Proteins: 5 / 5 (value: 8.1, rounded value: 8.1)

Fiber: 0 / 5 (value: 0, rounded value: 0)

Fruits, vegetables, nuts, and colza/walnut/olive oils: 0 / 5 (value: 0, rounded value: 0)

Negative points: 27

Energy: 6 / 10 (value: 2105, rounded value: 2105)

Sugars: 10 / 10 (value: 53, rounded value: 53)

Saturated fat: 10 / 10 (value: 15, rounded value: 15)

Sodium: 1 / 10 (value: 168, rounded value: 168)

The points for proteins are not counted because the negative points are greater or equal to 11.

Nutritional score: 27 (27 - 0)

Nutri-Score: E
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Fat in high quantity (25%)
What you need to know

A high consumption of fat, especially saturated fats, can raise cholesterol, which increases the risk of heart diseases.

Recommendation: Limit the consumption of fat and saturated fat

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Source: National Health Service UK (NHS) - Fat: the facts

Saturated fat in high quantity (15%)
What you need to know

A high consumption of fat, especially saturated fats, can raise cholesterol, which increases the risk of heart diseases.

Recommendation: Limit the consumption of fat and saturated fat

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Source: National Health Service UK (NHS) - Fat: the facts

Sugars in high quantity (53%)
What you need to know

A high consumption of sugar can cause weight gain and tooth decay. It also augments the risk of type 2 diabetes and cardio-vascular diseases.

Recommendation: Limit the consumption of sugar and sugary drinks

Sugary drinks (such as sodas, fruit beverages, and fruit juices and nectars) should be limited as much as possible (no more than 1 glass a day).

Choose products with lower sugar content and reduce the consumption of products with added sugars.
Source: National Health Service UK (NHS) - Sugar: the facts

Salt in moderate quantity (0.42%)
What you need to know

A high consumption of salt (or sodium) can cause raised blood pressure, which can increase the risk of heart disease and stroke.

Many people who have high blood pressure do not know it, as there are often no symptoms.

Most people consume too much salt (on average 9 to 12 grams per day), around twice the recommended maximum level of intake.

Recommendation: Limit the consumption of salt and salted food

Reduce the quantity of salt used when cooking, and don't salt again at the table.

Limit the consumption of salty snacks and choose products with lower salt content.
Source: World Health Organization (WHO) - Fact sheet - Salt reduction

Source: National Health Service UK (NHS) - Salt: the facts

Nutrition facts

Nutrition facts	As sold for 100 g / 100 ml	As sold per serving (44.2g)	Compared to: Chocolate candies
Energy	2,105 kj (503 kcal)	930 kj (222 kcal)	-3%
Fat	25 g	11.1 g	-18%
Saturated fat	15 g	6.63 g	-13%
Carbohydrates	62 g	27.4 g	+13%
Sugars	53 g	23.4 g	+14%
Fiber	?	?
Proteins	8.1 g	3.58 g	+37%
Salt	0.42 g	0.186 g	+105%
Alcohol	0 % vol	0 % vol	-100%
Fruits‚ vegetables‚ nuts and rapeseed‚ walnut and olive oils (estimate from ingredients list analysis)	0 %	0 %

Serving size: 44.2g

Environment

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Packaging with a medium impact
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  Film (Plastic)
  Box

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Threatened species

Contains palm oil

Drives deforestation and threatens species such as the orangutan

Tropical forests in Asia, Africa and Latin America are destroyed to create and expand oil palm tree plantations. The deforestation contributes to climate change, and it endangers species such as the orangutan, the pigmy elephant and the Sumatran rhino.

Labels

Fairtrade International

Fair trade is an arrangement designed to help producers in developing countries achieve sustainable and equitable trade relationships. Members of the fair trade movement add the payment of higher prices to exporters, as well as improved social and environmental standards.

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Product added on February 13, 2020 at 10:22:22 AM CET by openfoodfacts-contributors
Last edit of product page on January 5, 2022 at 5:23:19 AM CET by ecoscore-impact-estimator.
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Fairtrade Chocolate Box - Mars - 310g