Is Mentos Clean Breath sugar free ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 9 ingredients
- 7 additives
Less processed hard candies
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
sorbitol (ultra-processing marker), artificial flavors (ultra-processing marker), aspartame (ultra-processing marker), magnesium stearate, sucralose (ultra-processing marker), green tea extract, blue 1 lake (ultra-processing marker), colored (ultra-processing marker) (with riboflavin (ultra-processing marker))
Additives: E101 Riboflavin , E101i Riboflavin , E133 Brilliant blue FCF , E420 Sorbitol , E572 Magnesium stearate , E951 Aspartame , E955 Sucralose
As written on the pack
sorbitol, artificial flavors, aspartame, magnesium stearate, sucralose, green tea extract, blue 1 lake, colored with riboflavin
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.
- E101 Riboflavin 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.
- E420 Sorbitol Sorbitol is a sugar alcohol used as a sweetener and to keep products moist.
- E951 Aspartame Aspartame is a synthetic sweetener about 200 times sweeter than sugar, used in diet drinks and sugar-free products.
- E955 Sucralose Sucralose is a sweetener made by chlorinating sugar.
- Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
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- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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.
- Candies Products in the category "Candies" are at least group 3.
- Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.
Among 15 hard candies
From least to most processed, this one ranks 10th. 87% of the hard candies here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0073390005894, last edited 2 April 2025), 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.