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Is Don Simon Flix & Mix ultra-processed?

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Pack of Don Simon Flix & Mix

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
  • 9 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Glucose Syrup, Sugar, Corn Starch, Beef Gelatine, Apple Juice From Concentrate, Adds (Tartaric Acid), Malic Acid, Addity Regulator (Citric Acid), Flavourings, Coconut Oil, Fruit, Vegetable Juice (Apple, Radish, Blackcurrant, Black Carrot, Hibiscus), Colours (Plain Caramel), Copper Complexes of Chlorophyllins, Curcumin, Paprika Extract, Glazing Agent (Carnauba Wax 340ge This pack contains approx, 13 servings NUTRITION TYPICAL VALUES Yer 100g Per serving (25), Energy 15661)

Additives: E100 Curcumin , E141 Copper complexes of chlorophylls and chlorophyllins , E141ii Copper complexes of chlorophyllins , E150a Plain caramel , E160c Paprika extract , E296 Malic acid , E330 Citric acid , E334 L(+)-tartaric acid , E428 Gelatine

As written on the pack

Glucose Syrup, Sugar, Corn Starch, Beef Gelatine, Apple Juice From Concentrate, Adds: Tartaric Acid, Malic Acid; Addity Regulator: Citric Acid; Flavourings, Coconut Oil, Fruit and Vegetable Juice Concentrates (Apple, Radish, Blackcurrant, Black Carrot, Hibiscus), Colours: Plain Caramel, Copper Complexes of Chlorophyllins, Curcumin, Paprika Extract; Glazing Agent: Carnauba Wax 340ge This pack contains approx. 13 servings NUTRITION TYPICAL VALUES Yer 100g Per serving (25) Energy 15661/

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.
  • E141 Copper complexes of chlorophylls and chlorophyllins 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.
  • E150a Plain caramel Plain caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars.
  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • E428 Gelatine Gelatine is a gelling agent made from collagen in animal skin and bones.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
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  • 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.

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.
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.

  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,731 confectioneries

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1503rd. 90% of the confectioneries 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 1,731 confectioneries, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600557014, last edited 6 March 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.