Is mentos Fruit chewy dragees 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
- 8 additives
- Nutri-Score E
Less processed candies
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
sugar (processing marker), glucose syrup (ultra-processing marker), hydrogenated vegetable oil (ultra-processing marker), critric acid, fruit juices from concentrate (ultra-processing marker) (strawberry, orange, lemon), starch (processing marker), e414 (ultra-processing marker), e418 (ultra-processing marker), natural flavourings (ultra-processing marker), emulsifiar (sucrose esters of fatty acids (ultra-processing marker)), carnauba wax (ultra-processing marker), beeswax (ultra-processing marker), beta-carotene (ultra-processing marker), beetroot red (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E160a Carotene , E160ai Beta-carotene , E162 Beetroot red , E414 Acacia gum , E418 Gellan gum , E473 Sucrose esters of fatty acids , E901 White and yellow beeswax , E903 Carnauba wax
As written on the pack
sugar, glucose syrup, hydrogenated vegetable oil, acid (critric acid), fruit juices from concentrate (strawberry, orange, lemon)(1%), starch, gelling agents (e414, e418), natural flavourings, emulsifiar (sucrose esters of fatty acids), glazing agents (carnauba wax, beeswax), colours (beta-carotene, beetroot red)
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.
- E162 Beetroot red 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.
- E414 Acacia gum Gum arabic (acacia gum) is the hardened sap of acacia trees, used to stabilise flavour emulsions in soft drinks and to coat sweets.
- E418 Gellan gum Stabilisers are substances which make it possible to maintain the physico-chemical state of a foodstuff; stabilisers include substances which enable the maintenance of a homogenous dispersion of two or more immiscible substances in a foodstuff, substances which stabilise, retain or intensify an existing colour of a foodstuff and substances which increase the binding capacity of the food, including the formation of cross-links between proteins enabling the binding of food pieces into re-constituted food.
- E473 Sucrose esters of fatty acids Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
- E901 White and yellow beeswax A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
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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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Hydrogenated oil Hydrogenation turns liquid oil into a solid fat that resists going rancid.
- Fruit juice concentrate An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
5 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.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
- Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.
Among 486 candies
From least to most processed, this one ranks 439th. 96% of the candies here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 87108262, last edited 6 September 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.