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Is M&S Food Percy Pig soft fruit flavour gums made with fruit juice ultra-processed?

170g Gummi candies Sold in the United Kingdom and Germany

Pack of M&S Food Percy Pig soft fruit flavour gums made with fruit juice

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:

  • 20 ingredients
  • 5 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

Glucose Syrup, Sugar, Modified Potato Starch, Dextrose, Modified Tapioca Starch, Fruit Juice from Concentrates 3.5% (Apple, Mandarin, Elderberry), Citric Acid, Malic Acid, Lactic Acid, Potato Protein, Fruit Concentrates (Red Grape, Elderberry), Gelling Agent (Pectin), Carnauba Wax, Caramelised Sugar Syrup

Additives: E270 Lactic acid , E296 Malic acid , E330 Citric acid , E440 Pectins , E903 Carnauba wax

As written on the pack

Glucose Syrup, Sugar, Modified Potato Starch, Dextrose, Modified Tapioca Starch, Fruit Juice from Concentrates 3.5% (Apple, Mandarin, Elderberry), Citric Acid, Malic Acid, Lactic Acid, Potato Protein, Fruit Concentrates (Red Grape, Elderberry), Gelling Agent (Pectin), Carnauba Wax,, Caramelised 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.

  • 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.
  • Gelling agent Gelling agents such as pectin, gelatine or carrageenan set liquids into gels and stabilise textures.
  • 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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • 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.

  • 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 69th. 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 00132589, last edited 17 July 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.