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Is Nestlé aero mint pouch 92g ultra-processed?

92g Bonbons Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Nestlé aero mint pouch 92g

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:

  • 31 ingredients
  • 6 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed bonbons

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

sugar, vegetaen (mango kernel, palm, sal, shea, sunflower, coconut), lactose, proteis tn whey (from milk), whey powder (from milk), skimmed milk powder, driet milk, cocoa butter, čocoa mass, butterfat (from milk), emulsififer (sunfoe lecithin), gum arabic, glucose syrup, natural flavouring, cam chlorophyllins, curcumin, important (young chiaen than 4 years) have limited chewing ability and could choke on smal su rainforest alliance certifiedtm cocoa), find out more at ra, og uk, copper complexes of

Additives: E100 Curcumin , E140 Chlorophylls and Chlorophyllins , E140ii Chlorophyllins , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E414 Acacia gum

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E140 Chlorophylls and Chlorophyllins, E322 Lecithins.

As written on the pack

sugar, vegetaen (mango kernel/ palm/ sal/ shea, sunflower, coconut), lactose and proteis tn whey (from milk), whey powder (from milk), skimmed milk powder, driet milk, cocoa butter, čocoa mass, butterfat (from milk), emulsififer (sunfoe lecithin), glazing agent (gum arabic), glucose syrup, natural flavouring, cam chlorophyllins, curcumin), important: young chiaen than 4 years) have limited chewing ability and could choke on smal su rainforest alliance certifiedtm cocoa, find out more at ra,og uk (copper complexes of

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.

  • E100 Curcumin 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.
  • E140 Chlorophylls and Chlorophyllins 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.
  • E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.
  • 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.
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.

  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
  • 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.
  • 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 193 bonbons

From least to most processed, this one ranks 141st. 94% of the bonbons 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 193 bonbons, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7613287238498, last edited 1 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.