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Is General Mills Fruit Roll-Ups Variety Pack 72 Count ultra-processed?

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Pack of General Mills Fruit Roll-Ups Variety Pack 72 Count

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:

  • 21 ingredients
  • 6 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Corn syrup, corn syrup, sugar, pear puree, palm oil, contains 2% and less of (citric acid), sodium citrate, fruit pectin, monoglycerides, malic acid, dextrose, vitamin c (ascorbic acid), acetylated monoglycerides, natural flavor, color (red 40, yellows 5, 6, blue 1)

Additives: E129 Allura red , E133 Brilliant blue FCF , E296 Malic acid , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E440 Pectins

As written on the pack

Corn syrup, dried corn syrup, sugar, pear puree concentrate, palm oil. contains 2% or less of: citric acid, sodium citrate, fruit pectin, monoglycerides, malic acid, dextrose, vitamin c (ascorbic acid), acetylated monoglycerides, natural flavor, color (red 40, yellows 5 & 6, 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.

  • E129 Allura red Allura red AC is a synthetic red azo dye (FD&C Red No. 40 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.
  • E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
  • 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.
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 0016000495821, last edited 26 May 2025), 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.