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Is Bubs godis Hallon lakris skalle ultra-processed?

Candies Sold in Sweden

Pack of Bubs godis Hallon lakris skalle

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
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed candies

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

glucose-fructose syrup, sugar, corn starch, ammonium chloride, liquorice extract, acidity regulators (malic acid, sodium citrates), flavourings, black carrot concentrate, colour (e153), salt, coconut oil, glazing agent (carnauba wax), vegan, vegaaninen, vegani gelatinfri, innehol gelatine free, g fa atteeton, sans gélatine with ss ng avintoarvo, | per, pro, t, pour, utritionnelle 100 g energie, énergie 1488 kj

Additives: E153 Vegetable carbon , E296 Malic acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E510 Ammonium chloride , E903 Carnauba wax

As written on the pack

glucose-fructose syrup, sugar, corn starch, ammonium chloride, liquorice extract, acidity regulators (malic acid, sodium citrates), flavourings, black carrot concentrate, colour (e153), salt, coconut oil, glazing agent (carnauba wax), vegan/vegaaninen/vegani gelatinfri/innehol gelatine free/g fa atteeton/ /sans gélatine with ss ng avintoarvo/| per/pro/ t/ pour/ utritionnelle 100 g energie/énergie 1488 kj/

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.

  • E153 Vegetable carbon A food additive authorised for industrial food production.
  • E903 Carnauba wax Carnauba wax comes from the leaves of a Brazilian palm and gives sweets and coated chocolates their shine.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • 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.
  • Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
6 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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 486 candies

From least to most processed, this one ranks 259th. 96% of the candies 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 486 candies, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7393077181653, last edited 4 August 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.