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Is Crownfield Whipped Mint ultra-processed?

5 x 20g Nougats Sold in the United Kingdom and Germany

Pack of Crownfield Whipped Mint

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:

  • 30 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed confectioneries

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

chocolate flavour coating 27% (sugar, vegetable fats (palm, shea), fat reduced cocoa powder, emulsifiers (soya lecithins), polyglycerol polyricinoleate), sugar, glucose syrup, bulking agent (polydextrose), water, sugar 6% (sugar, colouring food (of spirulina, safflower), natural flavouring), oligofructose, bamboo fibre, vegetable fats (palm, palm kernel), egg white, skimmed milk powder, natural mint flavouring, emulsifier (sunflower lecithins)

Additives: E1200 Polydextrose , E322 Lecithins , E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate

As written on the pack

27% chocolate flavour coating (sugar, vegetable fats [palm, shea], fat reduced cocoa powder**, emulsifiers: soya lecithins, polyglycerol polyricinoleate), sugar, glucose syrup, bulking agent: polydextrose, water, 6% mint flavoured sugar (sugar, colouring food: concentrate of spirulina and safflower, natural flavouring), oligofructose, bamboo fibre, vegetable fats (palm, palm kernel), dried egg white, skimmed milk powder, natural mint flavouring, emulsifier: sunflower lecithins,

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.
  • E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate Polyglycerol polyricinoleate (PGPR) is an emulsifier made from castor oil.
  • Bulking agent Bulking agents are substances which contribute to the volume of a foodstuff without contributing significantly to its available energy value.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • 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.

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.
  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
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.

  • 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.
  • 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 12 nougats

From least to most processed, this one ranks 11th. 100% of the nougats 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 12 nougats, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489825494, last edited 26 July 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.