Is Axfood BBQ Marshmallows ultra-processed?

250 g Marshmallows Sold in Sweden

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
Glucose
Glucose syrup
E420 Sorbitol
E428 Gelatine

9 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score E

Less processed confectioneries

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

Glukossirap (ultra-processing marker), socker (processing marker), druvsocker (ultra-processing marker), vatten, stabiliseringsmedel (sorbitol (ultra-processing marker)), gelatin (ultra-processing marker) (från gris), vaniljarom (ultra-processing marker)

Additives: E420 Sorbitol , E428 Gelatine

As written on the pack

Glukossirap, socker, druvsocker, vatten, stabiliseringsmedel (sorbitol), gelatin (från gris), vaniljarom.

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.

E420 Sorbitol Sorbitol is a sugar alcohol used as a sweetener and to keep products moist.
E428 Gelatine Gelatine is a gelling agent made from collagen in animal skin and bones.
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.

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.

Candies Products in the category "Candies" are at least group 3.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 28 marshmallows

From least to most processed, this one ranks 10th. 96% of the marshmallows 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 28 marshmallows, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7311041081228, 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.