Is Fry’s Frys Turkish Delight 3pk ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 17 ingredients
- 5 additives
- Nutri-Score E
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
glucose syrup (ultra-processing marker), sugar (processing marker), water, cocoa butter (processing marker), cocoa mass, modified maize starch (ultra-processing marker), skimmed milk, whey permeate powder (ultra-processing marker) (from milk), pectin (ultra-processing marker), palm oil, milk fat, beetroot red (ultra-processing marker), carotenes (ultra-processing marker), e442 (ultra-processing marker), e509, flavourings (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E160a Carotene , E162 Beetroot red , E440 Pectins , E442 Ammonium phosphatides , E509 Calcium chloride
As written on the pack
glucose syrup, sugar, water, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, modified maize starch, dried skimmed milk, whey permeate powder (from milk), gelling agent (pectin), palm oil, milk fat, colours (beetroot red, carotenes), emulsifier (e442), firming agent (e509), flavourings,
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.
- E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
- 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.
- E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
- E442 Ammonium phosphatides Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
- Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.
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.
- Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
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 fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
- Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.
Among 1,732 confectioneries
From least to most processed, this one ranks 1376th. 90% of the confectioneries here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7622210396501, last edited 3 October 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.