Is Orkla Panda Liquorice Mix ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 27 ingredients
- 6 additives
- Nutri-Score E
Less processed liquorice candies
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
syrup, wheat flour, sugar (processing marker), cocoa butter (processing marker), liquorice extract, fully hydrogenated vegetable oil (ultra-processing marker) (coconut vegetable oil), whole milk powder (processing marker), cocoa mass, rice starch (processing marker), maize starch (processing marker), raspberry puree, glucose syrup (ultra-processing marker), citric acid, gum arabic (ultra-processing marker), carnauba wax (ultra-processing marker), vegetable oils (processing marker) (coconut vegetable oils, rapeseed vegetable oils), skimmed milk powder (processing marker), flavourings (ultra-processing marker) (e.g, aniseed oil, peppermint oil, vanillin), lecithin (ultra-processing marker), curcumin (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E100 Curcumin , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid , E414 Acacia gum , E903 Carnauba wax
As written on the pack
Molasses syrup, WHEAT FLOUR, sugar, cocoa butter, liquorice extract, fully hydrogenated vegetable oil (coconut), WHOLE MILK POWDER, cocoa mass, rice starch, maize starch, pasteurised raspberry puree, glucose syrup, acidity regulator (citric acid), thickener (gum arabic), glazing agents (carnauba wax, vegetable oils (coconut, rapeseed)), SKIMMED MILK POWDER, flavourings (e.g. aniseed oil, peppermint oil, vanillin), emulsifier (lecithin), colour (curcumin).
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.
- 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.
- 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.
7 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 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.
Among 13 liquorice candies
From least to most processed, this one ranks 10th. 77% of the liquorice candies here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 6412500076821, last edited 26 March 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.