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Is Brookside Pomegranate Flavor ultra-processed?

198 g Bonbons Sold in the United States and France

Pack of Brookside Pomegranate Flavor

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:

  • 28 ingredients
  • 9 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

dark chocolate (sugar, chocolate, cocoa butter, milk fat, cocoa processed with alkali, lecithin, milk, salt, natural vanilla flavor), sugar, corn syrup, maltodextrin, deionized apple juice concentrate, pomegranate juice, apple juice, natural flavor, cranberry, pectin, malic acid, canola oil, baking soda, sodium citrate, lemon juice concentrate, ascorbic acid, dextrose, citric acid, confectioner's glaze

Additives: E296 Malic acid , E300 Ascorbic acid , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E440 Pectins , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

dark chocolate [sugar, chocolate, cocoa butter, milk fat, cocoa processed with alkali, lecithin (soy), milk, salt, natural vanilla flavor], sugar, corn syrup, maltodextrin, deionized apple juice concentrate, pomegranate juice concentrate, apple juice concentrate, natural flavor , cranberry juice concentrate, pectin, malic acid, canola oil, baking soda, sodium citrate, lemon juice concentrate, ascorbic acid, dextrose, citric acid, confectioner's glaze,

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.
  • E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
  • 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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 193 bonbons

From least to most processed, this one ranks 111th. 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 0068437389082, last edited 22 June 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.