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Is Cloetta Polly for a Swedish Fika ultra-processed?

150 g Candies Sold in Sweden

Pack of Cloetta Polly for a Swedish Fika

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
  • 6 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

socker, vegetabiliska fetter (palm, shea), glukossirap, invertsockersirap, kakaomassa, vasslepulver, helmjölkspulver, skummjölkspulver, gelatin, emulgeringsmedel (sojalecitin, solroslecitin, e476), ytbehandlingsmedel (gummi arabicum, shellac), aromer (bland annat vanillin), syra (citronsyra), förtjockningsmedel (pektin), surhetsreglerande medel (citronsyra), vegetabiliska oljor (kokos, raps)

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E414 Acacia gum , E428 Gelatine , E440a Pectin , E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate , E904 Shellac

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E904 Shellac.

As written on the pack

socker, vegetabiliska fetter (palm, shea), glukossirap, invertsockersirap, kakaomassa, vasslepulver (mjölk), helmjölkspulver, skummjölkspulver, gelatin, emulgeringsmedel (sojalecitin, solroslecitin, E476), ytbehandlingsmedel (gummi arabicum, shellac), aromer (bl.a. vanillin), syra (citronsyra), förtjockningsmedel (pektin), surhetsreglerande medel (citronsyra), vegetabiliska oljor (kokos, raps).

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.

  • 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.
  • E428 Gelatine Gelatine is a gelling agent made from collagen in animal skin and bones.
  • E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate Polyglycerol polyricinoleate (PGPR) is an emulsifier made from castor oil.
  • E904 Shellac Shellac is a resin secreted by lac insects, used as a glazing agent on sweets, coated chocolates and fruit.
  • 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.
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  • Glazing agent Glazing agents, waxes and shellac for example, coat a surface to make it shiny or stop pieces sticking together.
  • Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.

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.
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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 486 candies

From least to most processed, this one ranks 436th. 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 7310350129928, 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.