Is Angel Delight Strawberry flavour dessert mix ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 16 ingredients
- 7 additives
- Nutri-Score D
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
sugar (processing marker), palm oil, modified starch (ultra-processing marker), propylene glycol esters of fatty acids (ultra-processing marker), lecithins (ultra-processing marker), sodium phosphates, diphosphates (ultra-processing marker), lactose (ultra-processing marker), milk proteins (ultra-processing marker), strawberry powder 2%, whey powder (ultra-processing marker), calcium carbonate, silicon dioxide (ultra-processing marker), beetroot red (ultra-processing marker), carotenes (ultra-processing marker), flavouring (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E14XX Modified Starch , E160a Carotene , E162 Beetroot red , E322 Lecithins , E450 Diphosphates , E477 Propane-1‚2-diol esters of fatty acids , E551 Silicon dioxide
As written on the pack
sugar, palm oil, modified starch, emulsifiers (propylene glycol esters of fatty acids, lecithins), gelling agents (sodium phosphates, diphosphates), lactose (milk), milk proteins, strawberry powder (2%), whey powder (milk), calcium carbonate, anti-caking agent (silicon dioxide), colours (beetroot red, carotenes), flavouring. allergy advice: for allergens, see ingredients in bold. may also contain soya and wheat.
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.
- E14xx Modified Starch Modified starches (E1400 to E1452) are starches treated physically, with enzymes or chemically so that they thicken and hold up to heating, freezing or acidity better than ordinary starch.
- E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
- E162 Beetroot red Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
- E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
- E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
- E477 Propane-1‚2-diol esters of fatty acids Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
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- E551 Silicon dioxide A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
- Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.
Substances rarely used in home kitchens
Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.
- Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.
- Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
- Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
4 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.
Among 486 candies
From least to most processed, this one ranks 437th. 96% of the candies here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000354770005, last edited 15 May 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 D (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.