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Is ICA Basic Vingummi ultra-processed?

1 kg Gummi candies Sold in Sweden

Pack of ICA Basic Vingummi

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:

  • 23 ingredients
  • 10 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed candies

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

Glukosfruktossirap, socker, vetestärkelse, gelatin (från gris), modifierad stärkelse (majs, potatis), surhetsreglerande medel (e270), arom, färgämne (e100, e120, e141, e153, e160c), olja (kokosnöt, palmkärna), ytbehandlingsmedel (e901, e903)

Additives: E100 Curcumin , E120 Cochineal , E141 Copper complexes of chlorophylls and chlorophyllins , E14XX Modified Starch , E153 Vegetable carbon , E160c Paprika extract , E270 Lactic acid , E428 Gelatine , E901 White and yellow beeswax , E903 Carnauba wax

As written on the pack

Glukosfruktossirap (innehåller sulfit), socker, vetestärkelse, gelatin (från gris), modifierad stärkelse (majs, potatis), surhetsreglerande medel (E270), arom, färgämne (E100, E120, E141, E153, E160c), vegetabiliskt olja (kokosnöt, palmkärna), ytbehandlingsmedel (E901, E903).

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.
  • E120 Cochineal Carmine is a red colour made from cochineal insects.
  • E141 Copper complexes of chlorophylls and chlorophyllins 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.
  • E14xx Modified Starch Modified starches (E1400 to E1452) are starches treated physically, with enzymes or chemically so that they thicken and hold up to heating, freezing or acidity better than ordinary starch.
  • E153 Vegetable carbon A food additive authorised for industrial food production.
  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
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  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Glazing agent Glazing agents, waxes and shellac for example, coat a surface to make it shiny or stop pieces sticking together.
  • 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.
  • Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 119 gummi candies

From least to most processed, this one ranks 116th. 99% of the gummi candies 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 119 gummi candies, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7318690082521, last edited 2 April 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.