Is Aroma hjärtan ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 10 ingredients
- 4 additives
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
glucose syrup (ultra-processing marker), sugar (processing marker), gelatin (ultra-processing marker), acidity regulator (e330), stabiliser (e406 (ultra-processing marker)), colour (ultra-processing marker) (e120 (ultra-processing marker)), flavouring (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E120 Cochineal , E330 Citric acid , E406 Agar , E428 Gelatine
As written on the pack
glucose syrup, sugar, gelatin, acidity regulator e330, stabiliser e406, colour e120, flavouring,
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.
- E120 Cochineal Carmine is a red colour made from cochineal insects.
- E406 Agar 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.
- E428 Gelatine Gelatine is a gelling agent made from collagen in animal skin and bones.
- Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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.
- Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
- Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
2 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.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.
Among 1,732 confectioneries
From least to most processed, this one ranks 1148th. 90% of the confectioneries here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7312990000469, last edited 30 March 2024), 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.
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.