McVitie's ChocTops Milk Chocolate

Draft scoring, pending APD review. Nothing here is published parent advice yet.

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Last updated4 July 2026

Pack size200g

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Allergens · eggs, gluten +

The label we read declares: eggs, gluten, milk, soybeans.

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Worth knowing

A sometimes food; the score just picks the least sugary.

Fine

Scored for 2 to 5 years. Turn the dial: the rules change with the age, not the food.

Chocolate, 27.5g sugar, 25.1g fat.

Lower in sugar than most in this aisle for a 2 to 5 year old.

The judgement

each line is one rule the number is built from

Sugar is inside the line27.5g/100gFor 2 to 5 years, under 14g per 100g is the good zone and 30g is the line we hold.

Salt (sodium) is inside the line364mg/100gFor 2 to 5 years, 450mg per 100g is the line we hold.

More saturated fat than the best here14.084507042254g/100gFor 2 to 5 years, under 5g per 100g is the good zone. Lower earns a higher score.

How this scored, rule by rule

needs-panelHas the nutrition data we need to score it.PASS

no-intense-sweetenersNone of the 35 names on this list appear in the ingredients. The pack always wins if it disagrees.PASS

sugar-capInside the line: 27.5g of sugar per 100g, against a cap of 30g.PASS

sodium-capInside the line: 364mg of salt (sodium) per 100g, against a cap of 450mg.PASS

prefer-lower-sugarLower in sugar than most in this aisle: 27.5g per 100g earns 51 of 100 on this preference (weight 3).51/100

prefer-lower-satfatLower in saturated fat: 14.084507042254g per 100g earns 35 of 100 on this preference (weight 1).35/100

prefer-fibreNot counted: fibre was not captured, so this preference neither helps nor hurts.NO DATA

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The label, in our own table

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Nutrition per 100g

McVitie's ChocTops Milk Chocolate

As we read the label, for 2 to 5 years

Energy	2028 kJ
Energy (kcal)	484.744 kcal
Protein	5.8 g
Fat	25.1 g
Saturated fat	14.084507042254 g
Carbohydrate	56.5 g
Sugar	27.5 g
Salt (sodium)	364 mg
Salt	0.91 g

Last updated 4 July 2026, from a public food database. The pack always wins.

Allergens

flags are only ever added, never removed

The label we read declares: eggs, gluten, milk, soybeans.

Check the pack on the day too, including any may contain warning. If the pack and this page disagree, the pack wins.

Your nuts flag: we could not match it against the declared names above, so do not rely on this page for it. Read the pack's own allergen statement; the pack is the truth.

Ingredients, as we read them

Wheat flour, milk chocolate (15%) [sugar, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, skimmed milk powder, shea and palm fat, whey powder, whole milk powder, butter oil, emulsifier (322, 476), salt, vanilla flavouring), milky cream (13%) [palm and sunflower fat, sugar, glucose, wheat permeate, lactose, milk powder, emulsifier (322), salt, milk flavouring), whole wheat flour, sugar, palm fat, water, invert syrup, malt extract, wheat bran, cocoa butter, raising agent (500, 503, 450i), salt, milk powder, flavourings (vanilla, butter, milk), pasteurized eggs, emulsifier (481, 322), whey, colour (150a). contains milk, eggs, soy, cereals containing gluten and their products. may contain sulphite, tree nuts and derivatives. milk chocolate contains min. 38% cocoa solid and min. 14% milk solid.

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