Is McEnnedy Cinnamon Flavour Frappé ultra-processed?

10x25g Sold in Sweden

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Colour
Maltodextrin
Thickener
Modified starch
E160a Carotene
E415 Xanthan gum
and 1 more

10 ingredients
3 additives
Nutri-Score E

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Sugar (processing marker), Maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), Modified Tapioca Starch (ultra-processing marker), Thickeners (ultra-processing marker) (Xanthan Gum (ultra-processing marker)), Cellulose Gum (ultra-processing marker), Cinnamon 0.5%, Caramelised Sugar (processing marker), Colour (ultra-processing marker) (Carotenes (ultra-processing marker))

Additives: E160a Carotene , E415 Xanthan gum , E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose

As written on the pack

Sugar, Maltodextrin, Modified Tapioca Starch, Thickeners: Xanthan Gum, Cellulose Gum; 0.5% Ground Cinnamon, Caramelised Sugar, Colour: Carotenes. Allergy Advice: May contain Milk, Soya 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.

E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose Carboxymethyl cellulose is a thickener made by chemically modifying cellulose from wood or cotton.
Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.
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.

Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.

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.

Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

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About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4335619258655, last edited 30 April 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.