Is Dominion Sugar Free Cola Sherbets ultra-processed?

70 g Candies Sold in the United Kingdom and Ireland

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
Sweetener
E953 Isomalt
E955 Sucralose
E965 Maltitol

12 ingredients
7 additives
Nutri-Score C

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

Sweeteners (ultra-processing marker) (Isomalt (ultra-processing marker)), Maltitol (ultra-processing marker), Sucralose (ultra-processing marker), Acids (Citric Acid), Lactic Acid, Acidity Regulators (Sodium Carbonates), Sodium Citrates, Flavourings (ultra-processing marker), Caramelised Sugar Syrup (processing marker)

Additives: E270 Lactic acid , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E500 Sodium carbonates , E953 Isomalt , E955 Sucralose , E965 Maltitol

As written on the pack

Sweeteners: Isomalt, Maltitol, Sucralose; Acids: Citric Acid, Lactic Acid; Acidity Regulators: Sodium Carbonates, Sodium Citrates; Flavourings, Caramelised Sugar Syrup.

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.

E953 Isomalt Stabilisers are substances which make it possible to maintain the physico-chemical state of a foodstuff; stabilisers include substances which enable the maintenance of a homogenous dispersion of two or more immiscible substances in a foodstuff, substances which stabilise, retain or intensify an existing colour of a foodstuff and substances which increase the binding capacity of the food, including the formation of cross-links between proteins enabling the binding of food pieces into re-constituted food.
E955 Sucralose Sucralose is a sweetener made by chlorinating sugar.
E965 Maltitol Maltitol is a sugar alcohol made from starch, used as a sweetener in "no added sugar" sweets and chocolate.
Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
Sweetener Sweeteners give sweetness with few or no calories, many at hundreds of times the strength of sugar.

3 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.
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 155th. 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 4088600279671, last edited 15 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 C (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.