Is L'il Critters Gummy Vites ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 19 ingredients
- 5 additives
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Glucose syrup (ultra-processing marker), sugar (processing marker), water, gelatin (ultra-processing marker), less than 2% of (blend of oils, coconut oils (processing marker)), palm oils) with beeswax, carnauba wax (ultra-processing marker), citric acid, colors (ultra-processing marker) (annatto, blueberry, carrot concentrates, purple carrot juice concentrate), flavors (ultra-processing marker), lactic acid, and pectin (ultra-processing marker) (coconut)
Additives: E270 Lactic acid , E330 Citric acid , E428 Gelatine , E440 Pectins , E903 Carnauba wax
As written on the pack
Glucose syrup, sugar, water, gelatin, less than 2% of: blend of oils (coconut and/or palm) with beeswax and/or carnauba wax, citric acid, colors (annatto extract, blueberry and carrot concentrates, purple carrot juice concentrate), flavors, lactic acid, and pectin, Contains: tree nuts (coconut)
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.
- E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
- 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.
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.
2 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.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0027917290201, last edited 3 June 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.
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.