Is Family Dollar Stores Inc. Lollipops ultra-processed?

16 g Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Colour
Flavouring
Glucose
Glucose syrup
E102 Tartrazine
E127 Erythrosine
and 2 more

10 ingredients
5 additives
Nutri-Score E

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

sugar (processing marker), glucose syrup (ultra-processing marker), water, citric acid, artificial flavors (ultra-processing marker), titanium dioxide (ultra-processing marker) (for color (ultra-processing marker)), red 3 (ultra-processing marker), yellow 5 (ultra-processing marker), blue 1 (ultra-processing marker)

Additives: E102 Tartrazine , E127 Erythrosine , E133 Brilliant blue FCF , E171 Titanium dioxide , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

SUGAR, GLUCOSE SYRUP, WATER, CITRIC ACID, ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, TITANIUM DIOXIDE (FOR COLOR), RED 3, YELLOW 5, BLUE 1.

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).
E127 Erythrosine Erythrosine is a synthetic red dye (FD&C Red No. 3 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.
E171 Titanium dioxide Titanium dioxide is a white pigment.
Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
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.

1 ingredient 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.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0032251199783, last edited 23 February 2025), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
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.