Is Conaxess trade norway Chupa Chups Fruit Kangaroo ultra-processed?

12 g Candies Sold in Ireland

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

E100 Curcumin
E160c Paprika extract
E162 Beetroot red

28 ingredients
3 additives

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

sukker, glykosesirup, fruktpure 3% (eple, kirsebær, ananas, ananas, lime, sitron, lime, jordbær, fersken, banan, appelsin, blåbær, bjørneær, mango, vannmelon, kiwi), syrer (melkesyre, eplesyre, sitronsyre), aromaer, fargestoffer (e100 (ultra-processing marker), e160c (ultra-processing marker), e162 (ultra-processing marker))

Additives: E100 Curcumin , E160c Paprika extract , E162 Beetroot red

As written on the pack

SUKKER, glykosesirup, fruktpure (3%)(eple, kirsebær, ananas, ananas, lime, sitron, lime, jordbær, fersken, banan, appelsin, blåbær, bjørneær, mango, vannmelon, kiwi), syrer (melkesyre, eplesyre, sitronsyre), AROMAER, FARGESTOFFER (E100, E160c, E162)

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.

E100 Curcumin Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
E162 Beetroot red Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.

2 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.
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 72nd. 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 84196675, last edited 16 January 2025), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
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