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Is Free from fellows Mini Pink and White Vegan Mallows ultra-processed?

105 g Marshmallows Sold in the United Kingdom and the Czech Republic

Pack of Free from fellows Mini Pink and White Vegan Mallows

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:

  • 42 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Sugar, Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Water, Maize Starch, Dextrose, Tapioca Starch, ing agent (Carrageenan (e407)), Hydrolised Rice Protein, Natural Flavouring, Colour (Beetroot Red, Betanin (e162), de-zutaten), Zucker, Glukose-Fruktose-Sirup, Wasser, Maisstärke, Dextrose, Tapiokastärke, Geliermittel (Carrageen (e407)), Hydrolisiertes Reisprotein, Naturliches Aroma, Farbstoff (Rote Bete, Betanin (e162), nl-ingredienten), Suiker, glucose-fructosestroop, water mad tapiocazetmeel, geleermiddel (carrageen (e407)), gebyrde natuurlijke smaakstoffen, kleurstof (rode biet, beta)

Additives: E162 Beetroot red , E407 Carrageenan

As written on the pack

Sugar, Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Water, Maize Starch, Dextrose, Tapioca Starch, ing agent: Carrageenan (E407), Hydrolised Rice Protein, Natural Flavouring, Colour: Beetroot Red/Betanin (E162). DE-ZUTATEN: Zucker, Glukose-Fruktose-Sirup, Wasser, Maisstärke, Dextrose, Tapiokastärke, Geliermittel: Carrageen (E407), Hydrolisiertes Reisprotein. Naturliches Aroma, Farbstoff: Rote Bete/Betanin (E162). NL-INGREDIENTEN: Suiker, glucose-fructosestroop, water mad tapiocazetmeel, geleermiddel: carrageen (E407), gebyrde natuurlijke smaakstoffen, kleurstof: rode biet/beta

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.

  • E162 Beetroot red 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.
  • E407 Carrageenan Carrageenan is a thickener and gelling agent extracted from red seaweed, used widely in dairy desserts, plant-based drinks and processed meats.
  • 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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
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.

  • Candies Products in the category "Candies" are at least group 3.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • 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 28 marshmallows

From least to most processed, this one ranks 19th. 96% of the marshmallows 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 28 marshmallows, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060308360966, last edited 27 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.