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Is Aldi Creamy butterscotch ultra-processed?

44 g Sold in the United Kingdom and Ireland

Pack of Aldi Creamy butterscotch

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 18 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

sugar free butterscotch flavour sweets with sweeteners ingredients sweeteners (isomalt), sucralose, single cream 7%, butter 6%, flavouring, salt, emulsifier, leithins, caramelised sugar syrup, warning (excessive consumption may produce laxative effects), not suitable for children under 3 years of aqge, 44ge this pack contains approx, 6 servings, nutrition per 2 sweets (approx), per 100g *ri typical values 75kj

Additives: E953 Isomalt , E955 Sucralose

As written on the pack

sugar free butterscotch flavour sweets with sweeteners ingredients sweeteners: isomalt, sucralose, single cream (7%) (milk), butter (6%) (milk) flavouring, salt, emulsifier, leithins (soya), caramelised sugar syrup, allergy advice: for allegens, see ingredients in bold, dietary advice: suitable for vegetarians, warning: excessive consumption may produce laxative effects, not suitable for children under 3 years of aqge, no artificial colours or flavourings, 44ge this pack contains approx, 6 servings, nutrition per 2 sweets (approx, 7g) per 100g *ri typical values 75kj/

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • E953 Isomalt Stabilisers are substances which make it possible to maintain the physico-chemical state of a foodstuff; stabilisers include substances which enable the maintenance of a homogenous dispersion of two or more immiscible substances in a foodstuff, substances which stabilise, retain or intensify an existing colour of a foodstuff and substances which increase the binding capacity of the food, including the formation of cross-links between proteins enabling the binding of food pieces into re-constituted food.
  • E955 Sucralose Sucralose is a sweetener made by chlorinating sugar.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
3 ingredients that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

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About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600205137, last edited 27 March 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
  • NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.