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Is m&m's Costco peanut m&m's ultra-processed?

1.3kg Candies Sold in Canada

Pack of m&m's Costco peanut m&m's

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:

  • 63 ingredients
  • 11 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

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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

milk chocolate (sugar, cocoa mass, milk ingredients, cocoa butter, lactose, peanuts, soy lecithin, salt, flavour), peanuts, sugars (sugar, corn syrup), cornstarch, palm oil, tapioca dextrin, carnauba wax, gum acacia, titanium dioxide, brilliant blue fcf, sunset yellow fcf, allura red, tartrazine, indigotine, ingrédients (chocolat au lait 7%, sucre), pâte de cacao, substances laitières, beurre de cacao, lactose, arachides, lécithine de soja, sel, arôme, arachides, sucres (sucre, sirop de maïs), amidon de maïs, huile de palme, dextrine de tapioca, cire de carnauba, gomme 20% arabique, dioxyde de titane, bleu brillant fcf, jaune soleil fcf, rouge allura, tartrazine, indigotine, peut contenir (noix, % daily value* % valeur quotidienne* 15% 20% 58496 46352 1% 3% 3% 6% less is a little), and more is a lot u moins c'est peu 15%, ou plus eaucoup by 15%, importé par mars canada inc, 1534992 640, bolton, l7e 5t5 questions? 1-888-709-6277 best before, meilleur avant 6 07, 2023 232ag4ne02 10 (05 ud)

Additives: E102 Tartrazine , E110 Sunset yellow FCF , E129 Allura red , E132 Indigotine , E133 Brilliant blue FCF , E1400 Dextrin , E171 Titanium dioxide , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E414 Acacia gum , E903 Carnauba wax

As written on the pack

milk chocolate (sugar, cocoa mass, milk ingredients, cocoa butter, lactose, peanuts, soy lecithin, salt, flavour), peanuts, sugars (sugar, corn syrup), cornstarch, palm oil, tapioca dextrin, carnauba wax, gum acacia, titanium dioxide, brilliant blue fcf, sunset yellow fcf, allura red, tartrazine, indigotine. may contain: tree nuts. ingrédients : chocolat au lait 7% (sucre, pâte de cacao, substances laitières, beurre de cacao, lactose, arachides, lécithine de soja, sel, arôme), arachides, sucres (sucre, sirop de maïs), amidon de maïs, huile de palme, dextrine de tapioca, cire de carnauba, gomme 20% arabique, dioxyde de titane, bleu brillant fcf, jaune soleil fcf, rouge allura, tartrazine, indigotine. peut contenir: noix. % daily value* % valeur quotidienne* 15% 20% 58496 46352 1% 3% 3% 6% less is a little, 15% or more is a lot u moins c'est peu, 15 % ou plus eaucoup by/importé par mars canada inc. 1534992 640, bolton, ontario l7e 5t5 questions? 1-888-709-6277 best before/meilleur avant 6 07/2023 232ag4ne02 10:05 ud

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.

  • E102 Tartrazine Tartrazine is a synthetic yellow azo dye (FD&C Yellow No. 5 in the US).
  • E110 Sunset yellow FCF Sunset yellow FCF is a synthetic orange azo dye (FD&C Yellow No. 6 in the US).
  • E129 Allura red Allura red AC is a synthetic red azo dye (FD&C Red No. 40 in the US).
  • E132 Indigotine 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.
  • E133 Brilliant blue FCF Brilliant blue FCF is a synthetic blue dye, listed in the US as FD&C Blue No. 1.
  • E1400 Dextrin Dextrin is starch partly broken down by heat or acid, used as a thickener, binder and coating.
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  • E171 Titanium dioxide Titanium dioxide is a white pigment.
  • E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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.

  • Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.
5 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.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • 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 486 candies

From least to most processed, this one ranks 456th. 96% of the 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 486 candies, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0058496463526, last edited 16 May 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.