Is Fruit pastilles ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 28 ingredients
- 12 additives
- Nutri-Score E
Less processed candies
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
sugar (processing marker), glucose syrup (ultra-processing marker), starch (processing marker), invert sugar syrup (ultra-processing marker), acids (malic acid, citric acid, lactic acid, acetic acid), fruit juice 1.2% (apple, blackcurrant, lime, orange, strawberry, lemon), acidity regulator (trisodium citrate), flavourings (ultra-processing marker), colours (ultra-processing marker) (anthocyanins (ultra-processing marker), copper complexes of chlorophyllins (ultra-processing marker), beta-carotene (ultra-processing marker), curcumin (ultra-processing marker)), important (young children (less than 4 years), have limited chewing abity and could choke on small sweets)
Additives: E100 Curcumin , E141 Copper complexes of chlorophylls and chlorophyllins , E141ii Copper complexes of chlorophyllins , E160a Carotene , E160ai Beta-carotene , E163 Anthocyanins , E260 Acetic acid , E270 Lactic acid , E296 Malic acid , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E331iii Trisodium citrate
As written on the pack
sugar, glucose syrup, starch, invert sugar syrup, acids (malic acid, citric acid, lactic acid, acetic acid), concentrated fruit juice (1,2%) (apple, blackcurrant, lime, orange, strawberry, lemon), acidity regulator (trisodium citrate), flavourings, colours (anthocyanins, copper complexes of chlorophyllins, beta-carotene, curcumin), important: young children (less than 4 years) have limited chewing abity and could choke on small sweets,
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.
- E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
- E163 Anthocyanins 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.
- 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.
- Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
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.
Among 486 candies
From least to most processed, this one ranks 375th. 96% of the candies here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7613287057068, 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.