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Is Mondelez Kids assorted soft & chewy candy ultra-processed?

Candies Sold in the United States

Pack of Mondelez Kids assorted soft & chewy candy

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:

  • 20 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed candies

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

daily yalue total fat og sodium 25mg total carbohy rate total sugars 249 includes 24g added sugars 48% protein 0g 1% 27g 10% not a significant source of satu nted fat, trans fat, cholesterol, detary fiber, vitamin d, calcium, on, and potassium, ingred ents (sugar), invert sugar, corn sy rup, modified corn starch, contain less than 2% of tartaric acid, citac acid, natural and artificial flavor, yellow 6, red 40, yellow 5, l'lue 1

Additives: E102 Tartrazine , E110 Sunset yellow FCF , E129 Allura red , E334 L(+)-tartaric acid

As written on the pack

0% daily yalue total fat og sodium 25mg total carbohy rate total sugars 249 includes 24g added sugars 48% protein 0g 1% 27g 10% not a significant source of satu nted fat, trans fat, cholesterol, detary fiber, vitamin d, calcium, on, and potassium. ingred ents: sugar, invert sugar, corn sy rup, modified corn starch, contain less than 2% of tartaric acid, citac acid, natural and artificial flavor, yellow 6, red 40, yellow 5, l'lue 1.

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.

  • E102 Tartrazine Tartrazine is a synthetic yellow azo dye (FD&C Yellow No. 5 in the US).
  • E110 Sunset yellow FCF Sunset yellow FCF is a synthetic orange azo dye (FD&C Yellow No. 6 in the US).
  • E129 Allura red Allura red AC is a synthetic red azo dye (FD&C Red No. 40 in the US).
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • 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.

  • Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
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.

  • 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.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 486 candies

From least to most processed, this one ranks 195th. 96% of the candies 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 486 candies, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0070462005837, last edited 30 January 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.
  • 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.