Is Lidl Fruit pastilles ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 39 ingredients
- 7 additives
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
sugar (processing marker), glucose syrup (ultra-processing marker), water, pork gelatine (ultra-processing marker), gelling agent (ultra-processing marker) (gum arabic (ultra-processing marker)), maize starch (processing marker), fruit juice from concentrate (ultra-processing marker) (apple, blackcurrant, cherry, raspberry, strawberry, orange, apricot, pineapple, passion fruit, lemon, grapefruit, banana, peach, grape, pear), acids (lactic acid), malic acid, citric acid, colours (ultra-processing marker) (curcumin (ultra-processing marker)), anthocyanins (ultra-processing marker), natural flavourings (ultra-processing marker), fruit, plant, vegetable concentrates (safflower, spirulina, radish, carrot, blackcurrant)
Additives: E100 Curcumin , E163 Anthocyanins , E270 Lactic acid , E296 Malic acid , E330 Citric acid , E414 Acacia gum , E428 Gelatine
As written on the pack
sugar, glucose syrup, water, pork gelatine, gelling agent: gum arabic, maize starch, fruit juice from concentrate (apple, blackcurrant, cherry, raspberry, strawberry, orange, apricot, pineapple, passion fruit, lemon, grapefruit, banana, peach, grape, pear), acids: lactic acid, malic acid, citric acid, colours: curcumin, anthocyanins, natural flavourings, fruit, plant and vegetable concentrates (safflower, spirulina, radish, carrot, blackcurrant), allergy advice may contain soya, sulphites and cereals containing gluten,
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.
- E163 Anthocyanins 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.
- E414 Acacia gum Gum arabic (acacia gum) is the hardened sap of acacia trees, used to stabilise flavour emulsions in soft drinks and to coat sweets.
- E428 Gelatine Gelatine is a gelling agent made from collagen in animal skin and bones.
- 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.
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- Gelling agent Gelling agents such as pectin, gelatine or carrageenan set liquids into gels and stabilise textures.
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.
- 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.
Among 119 gummi candies
From least to most processed, this one ranks 99th. 99% of the gummi candies here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489540137, last edited 15 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.
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.