Is haribo ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 29 ingredients
- 4 additives
- Nutri-Score E
Less processed candies
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Glucose syrup (ultra-processing marker), sugar (processing marker), gelatine (ultra-processing marker), dextrose (ultra-processing marker), acid (citric acid), flavouring (ultra-processing marker), fruit and plant concentrates (apple, aronia, beetroot, bilberry, blackcurrant, carrot, elderberry, grape, lemon, mango, orange, passion fruit, radish, safflower, spirulina, sweet potato), glazing agents (ultra-processing marker) (beeswax (ultra-processing marker), carnauba wax (ultra-processing marker)), caramelised sugar syrup (processing marker), elderberry extract
Additives: E330 Citric acid , E428 Gelatine , E901 White and yellow beeswax , E903 Carnauba wax
As written on the pack
Glucose syrup, sugar, gelatine, dextrose, acid (citric acid), flavouring, fruit and plant concentrates (apple, aronia, beetroot, bilberry, blackcurrant, carrot, elderberry, grape, lemon, mango, orange, passion fruit, radish, safflower, spirulina, sweet potato), glazing agents (beeswax, carnauba wax), caramelised sugar syrup, elderberry extract.
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.
- E428 Gelatine Gelatine is a gelling agent made from collagen in animal skin and bones.
- E901 White and yellow beeswax A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
- E903 Carnauba wax Carnauba wax comes from the leaves of a Brazilian palm and gives sweets and coated chocolates their shine.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
- Glazing agent Glazing agents, waxes and shellac for example, coat a surface to make it shiny or stop pieces sticking together.
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.
- Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
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.
- Candies Products in the category "Candies" are at least group 3.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.
Among 119 gummi candies
From least to most processed, this one ranks 67th. 99% of the gummi candies here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5012035962197, last edited 19 June 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.