Is Asba Ab Mint Chocolates ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 17 ingredients
- 4 additives
- Nutri-Score E
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Socker (processing marker), kakaosmör, kakaomassa, glukossirap (ultra-processing marker), smörfett, vatten, emulgeringedel (lecitiner (ultra-processing marker) (solroslecitin)), pepparmyntsolja, fuktighetsbevarande medel (ultra-processing marker) (invertas), surhetsrande medel (citronsyra), geleringsmedel (ultra-processing marker) (agar (ultra-processing marker)), salt (processing marker)
Additives: E1103 Invertase , E322 Lecithins , E330 Citric acid , E406 Agar
As written on the pack
Socker, kakaosmör, kakaomassa, glukossirap, smörfett, vatten, emulgeringedel: lecitiner (solroslecitin); pepparmyntsolja, fuktighetsbevarande medel: invertas; surhetsrande medel: citronsyra; geleringsmedel: agar; salt.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Gelling agent Gelling agents such as pectin, gelatine or carrageenan set liquids into gels and stabilise textures.
- Humectant Humectants are substances which prevent foods from drying out by counteracting the effect of an atmosphere having a low degree of humidity, or promote the dissolution of a powder in an aqueous medium.
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.
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 773 chocolate candies
From least to most processed, this one ranks 548th. 91% of the chocolate candies here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4250231148231, last edited 2 April 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 E (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.