Is Perfetti Fruitella ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 16 ingredients
- 4 additives
- Nutri-Score E
Less processed candies
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
glucose syrup (ultra-processing marker), sugar (processing marker), coconut oil (ultra-processing marker), aardbeiensap 3%, acid (citric acid), gelatine (ultra-processing marker), humectant (ultra-processing marker) (glycerol (ultra-processing marker)), natural flavouring (ultra-processing marker), concentrates (black carrot, vierbes), gelling agent (ultra-processing marker) (arabic gum), dextrins (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E1400 Dextrin , E330 Citric acid , E422 Glycerol , E428 Gelatine
As written on the pack
glucose syrup, sugar, fully hardened coconut oil, aardbeiensap (3%), acid (citric acid), gelatine, humectant (glycerol), natural flavouring, concentrates (black carrot, vierbes), gelling agent (arabic gum) dextrins
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.
- E1400 Dextrin Dextrin is starch partly broken down by heat or acid, used as a thickener, binder and coating.
- E422 Glycerol Glycerol is a sweet-tasting liquid used to keep products moist and soft.
- E428 Gelatine Gelatine is a gelling agent made from collagen in animal skin and bones.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
- Gelling agent Gelling agents such as pectin, gelatine or carrageenan set liquids into gels and stabilise textures.
- Humectant Humectants are substances which prevent foods from drying out by counteracting the effect of an atmosphere having a low degree of humidity, or promote the dissolution of a powder in an aqueous medium.
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.
- Coconut oil An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
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.
- 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 340th. 96% of the candies here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 87108408, last edited 17 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.