Food · Mars
Mars Bar
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Weak nutrition · Ultra-processed · per 100 g
Weak nutrition and a factory recipe. Fine as a rare treat — not as a habit.
Worse than 9 in 10 packs in Chocolate. The swap is on this aisle.
Council note
Ultra-processed — flavours, extras, a list a kitchen would not write. A dietitian would not make this a weekday habit. Worse than 9 in 10 packs in Chocolate. The swap is on this aisle.
The pack
Weak nutrition and a factory recipe. Fine as a rare treat — not as a habit.
How often
Rarely
Who it’s for
Anyone comparing similar products in this aisle.
Skip if
It clashes with the notes you keep in your profile — allergens, diet, or extras you asked us to flag.
- A weak nutrition box cannot be rated Good
- Ultra-processed food cannot be rated Good
- Two red lights on the box cannot be rated Good
At a glance
How often
Rarely
Nutrition box
Weak
How processed
Ultra-processed
Extras
2 additives
Planet
Heavier footprint · 40/100
Organic
Not organic
Built in a factory with additives, flavours, or refined extras. Cannot be rated Good — a rare treat, not a habit.
Palm oil, heavy processing, or farming choices that cost more than they give back.
No shelf price logged yet. When a shopper posts a receipt to Open Prices, it lands here.
Why this number
Weak nutrition and a factory recipe. Fine as a rare treat — not as a habit.
Poor · 34/100 · nutrition weak
- Nutrition quality19/100
- Ingredients87/100
- How processed16/100
- Organic0/100
What pulled it down
A weak nutrition box cannot be rated Good
Sugars, salt or saturated fat dominate this box. Poor at best — a treat, not a habit.
Ultra-processed food cannot be rated Good
A factory recipe — flavours, colours, or many additives — cannot be rated Good. A sometimes treat, not a daily habit.
Two red lights on the box cannot be rated Good
Two red lights on salt, sugar or saturated fat keep this at Poor, not Good.
A weak nutrition box
About 15 teaspoons of sugar in 100 g. Sugars, salt or saturated fat dominate.
Ultra-processed
Built in a factory with additives, flavours, or refined extras. A growing pile of research ties a diet of these to poorer health — not because one biscuit is poison, but because the pattern crowds out real food.
Palm oil
-8High in saturated fat. Process contaminants (3-MCPD, glycidyl esters) in refined oils.
Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids
-5May contain residual processing contaminants. Nutritional quality is low.
Nutrition is half the number. Ingredients a quarter. How processed a fifth. Organic is a small bonus — it cannot rescue a sugary drink or a nitrite ham. How this compares to Nutri-Score
Nutrition · per 100 g
| Energy | 1883 kJ |
|---|---|
| Sugars | 59.9 gHigh Very sweet — about 15 teaspoons of sugar in 100 g. |
| Saturated fat | 8.3 gHigh |
| Salt | 0.42 gMedium Light on salt. |
| Fibre | 1.2 g |
| Protein | 4.5 g |
Ingredients
Sugar, glucose syrup, skimmed milk powder, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, sunflower oil, milk fat, lactose, whey, palm fat, barley malt extract, emulsifier (soya lecithin).
Sugar
Low concernNot a toxin. A teaspoon is a teaspoon. The issue is how many hide in drinks and breakfast.
Palm oil
−8High in saturated fat. The other cost is landscape. A daily chocolate spread is both stories at once.
Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acidsE471
−5Not a high-concern extra. A sign the recipe needed help staying together.
Cocoa
No concernA keep. Fat content varies; the bar’s sugar is the usual snag.
Milk
No concernA staple for people who digest it. An allergen for people who don’t.
LecithinE322
No concernGenerally fine. Soy lecithin can matter if you are highly soy-allergic.
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