Is Asia express food Mirin ultra-processed?

500ml Condiments Sold in Germany and Japan

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Glucose
Glucose syrup
Fructose

19 ingredients
6 additives
Nutri-Score D

Less processed condiments

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Sirap (majs, potatis, sötpotatis), vatten, glukos-fruktossirap (ultra-processing marker), krydda 0.9% (stärkelsesirap (ultra-processing marker), ris, ris, salt (processing marker), alkohol), e260, e262, e296, e330, e334, e338, socker (processing marker)

Additives: E260 Acetic acid , E262 Sodium acetates , E296 Malic acid , E330 Citric acid , E334 L(+)-tartaric acid , E338 Phosphoric acid

As written on the pack

Sirap (majs, potatis, sötpotatis), vatten, glukos-fruktossirap, krydda 0,9% (stärkelsesirap, ris, mältat ris, salt, alkohol), surhetsreglerande medel: E260; E262; E296; E330; E334; E338, socker.

What makes it ultra-processed

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.
Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.

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.

Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 3,645 condiments

From least to most processed, this one ranks 3018th. 55% of the condiments here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 3,645 condiments, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4902032510327, last edited 27 September 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.