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Is Eclipse mints ultra-processed?

40 g Confectioneries Sold in Australia and New Zealand

Pack of Eclipse mints

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:

  • 20 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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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

anticaking agent (470), flavour, sweeteners (955, 950), 0olours (102, 133), excess consumption may have a laxative effect, confiserie sans sucres au gout menthe fait de sorbitol antiagglomerant (470), arome, edulcorants (955, 950), colorants (102, 133), une consommation excessive peiut avor un effet laatie

Additives: E102 Tartrazine , E133 Brilliant blue FCF , E470 Sodium/potassium/calcium and magnesium salts of fatty acids , E950 Acesulfame k , E955 Sucralose

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E102 Tartrazine, E133 Brilliant blue FCF, E470 Sodium/potassium/calcium and magnesium salts of fatty acids, E950 Acesulfame k, E955 Sucralose.

As written on the pack

anticaking agent (470), flavour, sweeteners (955, 950), 0olours (102, 133). excess consumption may have a laxative effect. • confiserie sans sucres au gout menthe fait de sorbitol antiagglomerant (470), arome, edulcorants (955, 950), colorants (102, 133). une consommation excessive peiut avor un effet laatie

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.

  • E102 Tartrazine Tartrazine is a synthetic yellow azo dye (FD&C Yellow No. 5 in the US).
  • E133 Brilliant blue FCF Brilliant blue FCF is a synthetic blue dye, listed in the US as FD&C Blue No. 1.
  • E470 Sodium/potassium/calcium and magnesium salts of fatty acids A food additive authorised for industrial food production.
  • E950 Acesulfame k Acesulfame K is a synthetic sweetener about 200 times sweeter than sugar, often combined with aspartame or sucralose.
  • E955 Sucralose Sucralose is a sweetener made by chlorinating sugar.
  • 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.
  • Sweetener Sweeteners give sweetness with few or no calories, many at hundreds of times the strength of sugar.
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.

  • Anti-caking agent Anti-caking agents are substances which reduce the tendency of individual particles of a foodstuff to adhere to one another.
  • 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 1290th. 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 93553438, last edited 23 January 2025), 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.