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Is Bærries Lakrids ultra-processed?

250 g Bonbons Sold in Sweden

Pack of Bærries Lakrids

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 29 ingredients
  • 7 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed bonbons

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

dulce de leche chocolate 57% (sugar, cocoa butter, skimmed milk powder, whey powder, milk fat, emulsifier (sunflower lecithin), natural vanilla flavor), sugar 14%, rice flour, invert sugar, treacle, glucose syrup, liquorice 1.8%, wild blueberries 1.3%, rapeseed oil, salt, glazing agents (shellac, gum arabic, beeswax, carnauba wax, vege table oil, pectin), spirulina, black carrot, natural blueberry flavour, anise oil

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E414 Acacia gum , E440 Pectins , E901 White and yellow beeswax , E903 Carnauba wax , E904 Shellac

As written on the pack

57% DULCE DE LECHE CHOCOLATE (SUGAR, COCOA BUTTER, SKIMMED MILK POWDER, WHEY POWDER, MILK FAT, EMULSIFIER: SUNFLOWER LECITHIN, NATURAL VANILLA FLAVOR), 14 % SUGAR, RICE FLOUR, INVERT SUGAR, TREACLE, GLUCOSE SYRUP, 1.8% RAW LIQUORICE, 1.3% WILD BLUEBERRIES (FREEZE DRIED), RAPESEED OIL, SALT, GLAZING AGENTS (SHELLAC, GUM ARABIC, BEESWAX, CARNAUBA WAX, VEGE TABLE OIL, PECTIN), CONCENTRATES SPIRULINA, BLACK CARROT), NATURAL BLUEBERRY FLAVOUR, ANISE OIL

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.
  • E414 Acacia gum Gum arabic (acacia gum) is the hardened sap of acacia trees, used to stabilise flavour emulsions in soft drinks and to coat sweets.
  • E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
  • E901 White and yellow beeswax 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.
  • E903 Carnauba wax Carnauba wax comes from the leaves of a Brazilian palm and gives sweets and coated chocolates their shine.
  • E904 Shellac Shellac is a resin secreted by lac insects, used as a glazing agent on sweets, coated chocolates and fruit.
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  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Glazing agent Glazing agents, waxes and shellac for example, coat a surface to make it shiny or stop pieces sticking together.

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.
  • Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
  • 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.
5 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.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.
  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 193 bonbons

From least to most processed, this one ranks 177th. 94% of the bonbons 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 193 bonbons, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5710858802910, 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.