Is Nestlé Aero peppermint ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- Flavouring
- Whey
- E100 Curcumin
- E141 Copper complexes of chlorophylls and chlorophyllins
- E322 Lecithins
- 18 ingredients
- 4 additives
- Nutri-Score E
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
sugar (processing marker), vegetable fats (processing marker) (palm, shea), whole milk powder (processing marker), cocoa butter (processing marker), whey powder (ultra-processing marker) (from milk), cocoa mass, skimmed milk powder (processing marker), butterfat (from milk), lecithins (ultra-processing marker), natural flavouring (ultra-processing marker), copper complexes of chlorophyllins (ultra-processing marker), curcumin (ultra-processing marker), find out more at ra, org
Additives: E100 Curcumin , E141 Copper complexes of chlorophylls and chlorophyllins , E141ii Copper complexes of chlorophyllins , E322 Lecithins
As written on the pack
sugar, vegetable fats (palm, shea), whole milk powder, cocoa butter, whey powder (from milk), cocoa mass, skimmed milk powder, butterfat (from milk), emulsifier (lecithins), natural flavouring, colours (copper complexes of chlorophyllins, curcumin), may contain peanuts, tree nuts and soya, rainforest alliance certified cocoa, find out more at ra,org
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.
- E141 Copper complexes of 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.
- 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.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
Among 773 chocolate candies
From least to most processed, this one ranks 488th. 91% of the chocolate candies here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7613287430946, last edited 29 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.