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Smucker's Uncrustables Chocolate Hazelnut Spread
Frozen Foods
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Smucker's Uncrustables Chocolate Hazelnut Spread

Smucker's
7.20 oz
Available at Foodtown
210
Calories
4g
Protein
11g
Sugars
160mg
Sodium
1g
Fiber
69
Ingredients

What You Should Know

Smucker's Uncrustables Chocolate Hazelnut Spread is a frozen, ready-to-eat crustless sandwich marketed as a grab-and-go kid-friendly snack. You'll find it in the supermarket frozen aisle, shelved near other frozen breakfast sandwiches, toaster items, and convenience lunches for kids. Shoppers commonly pick it up for back-to-school lunches, quick after-school snacks, Halloween party favors or for stashing in the freezer for road trips and busy mornings. The Smucker's brand leans into family-oriented, nostalgic positioning — a trusted pantry name promising convenience and kid appeal — with packaging that emphasizes soft bread, fun imagery, and the tagline-style copy (“The Best Part of the Sandwich”). Label claims spotted on the box include “no high-fructose corn syrup” and “no artificial sweeteners or colors,” contributing to a mild health halo despite the product’s convenience focus; there is no organic certification. In plain terms, this is a highly processed convenience food made from factory-prepared bread and a chocolate-flavored hazelnut spread that contains refined sugars, vegetable oils, emulsifiers, and artificial flavoring. Sensory-wise the sandwiches offer pillowy, crustless white/whole-wheat bread that yields easily to the teeth and a smooth, sweet, slightly oily chocolate-hazelnut filling with cocoa and vanillin notes; they come in individual sealed rounds inside a cardboard box, thaw-and-serve, often eaten cold from a lunchbox or warmed briefly. The ritual is simple: pull from the freezer, let thaw, pack for school or hand to a trick-or-treater — convenience and familiarity are the main draws.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1.0
Servings per Container: 4
Calories210
% Daily Value*
Total Fat9g12%
Saturated Fat3g15%
Sodium160mg7%
Total Carbohydrate27g10%
Dietary Fiber1g4%
Total Sugars11g
Added Sugars10g20%
Protein4g
* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

Ingredients

Bread:, Enriched, Unbleached, Flour, (Wheat, Flour,, Malted, Barley, Flour,, Niacin,, Ferrous, Sulfate,, Thiamin, Mononitrate,, Riboflavin,, Folic, Acid),, Water,, Unbleached, Whole, Wheat, Flour,, Sugar,, Yeast,, Soybean, Oil,, Contains, 2%, or, Less, of:, Salt,, Dough, Conditioner, (Enzymes,, Ascorbic, Acid,, Calcium, Peroxide)., Chocolate, Flavored, Hazelnut, Spread:, Sugar,, Vegetable, Oils, (Palm, and, Canola),, Hazelnuts,, Cocoa, Processed, with, Alkali, and, Cocoa,, Skim, Milk,, Whey,, Contains, 2%, or, Less, of:, Canola, Lecithin,, Vanillin, (Artificial, Flavor)..

Flagged Ingredients:

  • Soybean Oil - Seed oil high in omega-6 fatty acids
  • Canola Oil - Seed oil high in omega-6 fatty acids
  • Palm Oil - Seed oil high in omega-6 fatty acids
  • Canola Lecithin - Processed emulsifier
No Seed OilNo Emulsifier

Dietary Labels

This product is not vegan, is not gluten-free, and is not organic.

Ultra-Processing Assessment

NOVA Score:4 / 4

Ultra-Processed

Why this score?

Contains industrial formulations such as processed bread with dough conditioners, a chocolate-flavored spread with refined sugars, palm/canola oils, emulsifiers and artificial flavor — characteristic of ultra-processed foods (NOVA 4).

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Common Questions about Smucker's Uncrustables Chocolate Hazelnut Spread

Healthiness can be a bit subjective! The Uncrustables Chocolate Hazelnut Spread has 210 calories per serving, with 11 grams of sugar. It’s not a superfood, but if you’re looking for a tasty treat or a quick snack, it fits the bill. Just keep in mind it’s best enjoyed as an occasional indulgence rather than a daily staple.

Perfect For

back-to-school
movie-night
road-trip

Vibe:

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