Is Rowntree's Fruit Gums 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
- Glucose
- Glucose syrup
- E100 Curcumin
- E141 Copper complexes of chlorophylls and chlorophyllins
- E160a Carotene
- and 3 more
- 30 ingredients
- 12 additives
- Nutri-Score D
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Fruit Gums, Ingredients (glucose syrup (ultra-processing marker)), sugar (processing marker), starch (processing marker), gum arabic (ultra-processing marker), malic acid, citric acid, lactic acid, fruit juices 0.8% (apple, blackcurrant, strawberry, orange, lemon, lime), trisodium citrate, vegetable fat (processing marker) (palm, sunflower), plant, vegetable concentrates (carrot, hibiscus), flavourings (ultra-processing marker), anthocyanins (ultra-processing marker), copper complexes of chlorophyllins (ultra-processing marker), carotenes (ultra-processing marker), curcumin (ultra-processing marker), carnauba wax (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E100 Curcumin , E141 Copper complexes of chlorophylls and chlorophyllins , E141ii Copper complexes of chlorophyllins , E160a Carotene , E163 Anthocyanins , E270 Lactic acid , E296 Malic acid , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E331iii Trisodium citrate , E414 Acacia gum , E903 Carnauba wax
As written on the pack
Fruit Gums. Ingredients: glucose syrup, sugar, starch, thickener (gum arabic), acids (malic acid, citric acid, lactic acid), concentrated fruit juices (0.8%) (apple, blackcurrant, strawberry, orange, lemon, lime), acidity regulator (trisodium citrate), vegetable fat (palm, sunflower), plant and vegetable concentrates (carrot, hibiscus), flavourings, colours (anthocyanins, copper complexes of chlorophyllins, carotenes, curcumin), glazing agent (carnauba wax).
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.
- E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
- E163 Anthocyanins 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.
- 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.
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- 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.
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.
- 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.
- Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.
Among 119 gummi candies
From least to most processed, this one ranks 91st. 99% of the gummi candies here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8445290019530, last edited 19 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 D (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.