Is Maynards wine gums ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 18 ingredients
- 9 additives
Less processed candies
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
glucose syrup (ultra-processing marker), sugar (processing marker), starch (processing marker), gelatine (ultra-processing marker), acids (r acid, acetic acid, citric acid), colours (ultra-processing marker) (anthocyanins (ultra-processing marker), vegetable carbon (ultra-processing marker), paprika extract (ultra-processing marker), lutein (ultra-processing marker), curcumin (ultra-processing marker)), coc oil, flavourings (ultra-processing marker), glazing agent (ultra-processing marker) (carnauba wax (ultra-processing marker))
Additives: E100 Curcumin , E153 Vegetable carbon , E160c Paprika extract , E161b Lutein , E163 Anthocyanins , E260 Acetic acid , E330 Citric acid , E428 Gelatine , E903 Carnauba wax
As written on the pack
glucose syrup, sugar, starch, gelatine, acids (r acid, acetic acid, citric acid), colours (anthocyanins, vegetable carbon, paprika extract, lutein, curcumin), coc oil, flavourings, glazing agent (carnauba wax),
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.
- 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.
- E161b Lutein 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.
- E428 Gelatine Gelatine is a gelling agent made from collagen in animal skin and bones.
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- 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.
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.
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 486 candies
From least to most processed, this one ranks 442nd. 96% of the candies here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7622210575012, last edited 23 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.
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.