Kinder Joy

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 4 ingredients to avoid

Kinder Joy scores 37/100 on Tallow — our avoid band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in. Per serving it carries 2g protein and 10g sugar. It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.

Kinder Joy lists 19 ingredients, starting with Suiker, Plantaardige Vetten, Palm, Shea and Magere Melkpoeder. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

110 kcal per serving, or 549 kcal per 100g. Calories are only part of the picture — Tallow scores Kinder Joy on what the ingredients are, not how many calories they carry.

At 37/100 Kinder Joy scores worse than most snacks we have scored. A higher-scoring option in snacks is Mary's Gone Crackers Organic SuperSeed Seaweed & Black Sesame Crackers at 100/100.