Is Candy Kittens Rhubarb And Custard ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 26 ingredients
- 7 additives
- Nutri-Score E
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Sugar (processing marker), glucose syrup (ultra-processing marker), modified starch (ultra-processing marker), dextrose (ultra-processing marker), white grape juice from concentrate (ultra-processing marker) 5%, rhubarb juice 5%, acids (malic acid, citric acid, lactic acid), potato protein, natural flavourings (ultra-processing marker), fruit and plant concentrates (black carrot, radish, apple, safflower, lemon, blackcurrant), acidity regulator (calcium carbonate (ultra-processing marker)), glazing agent (ultra-processing marker) (carnauba wax (ultra-processing marker) (from responsible sources)), hydrolysed pea protein, 11
Additives: E14XX Modified Starch , E170 Calcium carbonates , E170i Calcium carbonate , E270 Lactic acid , E296 Malic acid , E330 Citric acid , E903 Carnauba wax
As written on the pack
Sugar, glucose syrup, modified starch, dextrose, 5% white grape juice from concentrate, 5% rhubarb juice from concentrate, acids (malic acid, citric acid, lactic acid), potato protein, natural flavourings, fruit and plant concentrates (black carrot, radish, apple, safflower, lemon, blackcurrant), acidity regulator: calcium carbonate, glazing agent carnauba wax (from responsible sources), hydrolysed pea protein. 11
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.
- E14xx Modified Starch Modified starches (E1400 to E1452) are starches treated physically, with enzymes or chemically so that they thicken and hold up to heating, freezing or acidity better than ordinary starch.
- E170 Calcium carbonates Calcium carbonate is chalk.
- E903 Carnauba wax Carnauba wax comes from the leaves of a Brazilian palm and gives sweets and coated chocolates their shine.
- 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.
- Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.
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.
- Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
- Fruit juice concentrate An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
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.
Among 16 acid gummy candies
From least to most processed, this one ranks 16th. 100% of the acid gummy candies here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060384263700, last edited 1 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.