
A 30g bowl of Asda Honey Nut & Milk Choc Crunch contains 133 kcal, 4.8g of sugar (4.4g of free sugar), 1.5g of fibre and 3.0g of protein. With 125ml of semi-skimmed milk the bowl comes to 192 kcal and 10.7g of total sugar. It is classed as NOVA 4 (ultra-processed).
Of the 16.0g of sugar per 100g in Honey Nut & Milk Choc Crunch, Boone counts 14.7g as free sugar. The rest (1.3g) is lactose from milk chocolate, which the NHS limit does not count. Method: total sugar less 1.3g lactose from milk chocolate (lactose estimated from typical chocolate recipes).
Honey Nut & Milk Choc Crunch is classed as NOVA 4, ultra-processed, because its ingredients include flavouring, emulsifier, lecithin and glucose syrup. These are industrial ingredients you would not use in a home kitchen. 3 of its 20 ingredients are of this kind.
Boone classifies processing from the published ingredient list using the NOVA system. Added vitamins and minerals are not counted as a marker of ultra-processing.