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Is Galaxy Minstrels ultra-processed?

118 g Bonbons Sold in Ireland, Australia and France

Pack of Galaxy Minstrels

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
  • 6 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed bonbons

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

sugar, cocoa butter, skim med milk powder, cocoa mass lactose and protein from whey (from milk), palm fat, whey powder lecithin, dextrin, curcumin, vegetable carbon, beetroot red, starch wax, palm kernel oil, natural vanilla extract, s (from milk), milk fat, emulsifier, soya, carnauba olids 14%

Additives: E100 Curcumin , E1400 Dextrin , E153 Vegetable carbon , E162 Beetroot red , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E322 Lecithins.

As written on the pack

sugar, cocoa butter, skim med milk powder, cocoa mass lactose and protein from whey (from milk), palm fat, whey powder lecithin), dextrin, natural colours (curcumin, vegetable carbon, beetroot red), starch wax), palm kernel oil, natural vanilla extract, milk chocolate contains milk s (from milk), milk fat, emulsifier (soya , glazing agent (carnauba olids 14% minimum)

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.
  • E1400 Dextrin Dextrin is starch partly broken down by heat or acid, used as a thickener, binder and coating.
  • E153 Vegetable carbon A food additive authorised for industrial food production.
  • 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.
  • E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
3 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.

  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 193 bonbons

From least to most processed, this one ranks 110th. 94% of the bonbons 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 193 bonbons, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000159503853, last edited 19 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.