Is Haribo Fruitilicious ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 27 ingredients
- 6 additives
- Nutri-Score C
Less processed candies
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Glucose syrup (ultra-processing marker), sugar (processing marker), dextrin (ultra-processing marker), water, gelatine (ultra-processing marker), sorbitol syrup (ultra-processing marker), fruit juice from concentrate (ultra-processing marker) (apple), raspberry, strawberry, lemon, pineapple, citric acid, fruit and plant concentrates (bilberry), carrot, apple, radish, safflower, spirulina, sweet potato, hibiscus, blackcurrant, sunflower oil (processing marker), flavouring (ultra-processing marker), beeswax (ultra-processing marker), invert sugar syrup (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E1400 Dextrin , E330 Citric acid , E420 Sorbitol , E420ii Sorbitol syrup , E428 Gelatine , E901 White and yellow beeswax
As written on the pack
Glucose syrup; sugar; dextrin; water; gelatine; humectant: sorbitol syrup; fruit juice from concentrate: apple, raspberry, strawberry, lemon, pineapple; acid: citric acid; fruit and plant concentrates: bilberry; carrot, apple, radish, safflower, spirulina, sweet potato, hibiscus, blackcurrant; sunflower oil; flavouring; glazing agent: beeswax; invert sugar syrup.
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.
- E1400 Dextrin Dextrin is starch partly broken down by heat or acid, used as a thickener, binder and coating.
- E420 Sorbitol Sorbitol is a sugar alcohol used as a sweetener and to keep products moist.
- 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.
- 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.
- Fruit juice concentrate An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
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.
- Candies Products in the category "Candies" are at least group 3.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
- 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 85th. 99% of the gummi candies here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5012035963125, last edited 5 September 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 C (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.