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Is Melona Melon Frozen Dessert Bar ultra-processed?

24 2.7 fl oz (80ml) Ice pops Sold in the United States

Pack of Melona Melon Frozen Dessert Bar

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
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed ice pops

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

Water, Sugar, Corn Syrup, Butter, Skim Milk Powder, Liquid Yolk Mix, Whey Powder, Natural Flavour, Citrus Fiber, Melon (Melon, Sugar, Water, Lemon Juice Concentrate, Xanthan Gum, Carrageenan, Locust Bean Gum), Guar Gum, Locust Bean Gum, Salt, Colors (Vegetable Juice, Turmeric), MANGO Ingredients (Water), Sugar, Corn Syrup, Butter, Skim Milk Powder, Mango Puree, Whey Powder, Liquid Yolk Mix, Natural Flavour, Citrus Fiber, Guar Gum, Locust Bean Gum, Salt, Colors (Turmeric, Beet Red), STRAWBERRY Ingredients (Water), Com Syrup, Sugar, Strawberry (Strawberry Juice, Sugar), Butter, Whey Powder, Skim Milk Powder, Citrus Fiber, Natural Flavour, Guar Gum, Salt, Color (Beet Red), Exported by Binggrae Co, Ltd, 76 Saemunan-ro, Jongno-Gu, Seoul 03185, keep frozen made in korea itm, 1805022 Binggrae www.bing.co.kr 7 69828 12090 0

Additives: E407 Carrageenan , E410 Locust bean gum , E412 Guar gum , E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

Water, Sugar, Corn Syrup, Butter, Skim Milk Powder, Liquid Yolk Mix, Whey Powder, Natural Flavour, Citrus Fiber, Melon Syrup(Melon, Sugar, Water, Lemon Juice Concentrate, Xanthan Gum, Carrageenan, Locust Bean Gum), Guar Gum, Locust Bean Gum, Salt, Colors(Vegetable Juice, Turmeric) CONTAINS MILK AND EGG MANGO Ingredients: Water, Sugar, Corn Syrup, Butter, Skim Milk Powder, Mango Puree, Whey Powder, Liquid Yolk Mix, Natural Flavour, Citrus Fiber, Guar Gum, Locust Bean Gum, Salt, Colors (Turmeric, Beet Red) CONTAINS MILK AND EGG STRAWBERRY Ingredients: Water, Com Syrup, Sugar, Strawberry Syrup(Strawberry Juice, Sugar), Butter, Whey Powder, Skim Milk Powder, Citrus Fiber, Natural Flavour, Guar Gum, Salt, Color(Beet Red) CONTAINS MILK Exported by Binggrae Co., Ltd. 76 Saemunan-ro, Jongno-Gu, Seoul 03185, Republic of Korea KEEP FROZEN MADE IN KOREA ITM. 1805022 Binggrae www.bing.co.kr 7 69828 12090 0

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.

  • E407 Carrageenan Carrageenan is a thickener and gelling agent extracted from red seaweed, used widely in dairy desserts, plant-based drinks and processed meats.
  • E410 Locust bean gum Locust bean gum (carob gum) is a thickener and stabiliser from the seeds of the carob tree.
  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • 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.

  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
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.

  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 24 ice pops

From least to most processed, this one ranks 18th. 75% of the ice pops 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 24 ice pops, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0769828120900, last edited 8 June 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.