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Is Rowntrees Randoms Fizzy Cactus ultra-processed?

Candies Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Rowntrees Randoms Fizzy Cactus

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:

  • 25 ingredients
  • 7 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed candies

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

glucose syrup, sugar gelatine, acids (malic acid, tartaric acid, citric acid), fruit juices 1.1% (apple, blueberry, raspberr strawberry), acidity regulators (sodium malates, sodium ascorbate, sodium citrates), plant, vegetable concentrates (black carrot, safflower radish), stabiliser (carageenan), favouring, spirulina concentrate, spirulina extract, emulsifier (lecithins)

Additives: E296 Malic acid , E322 Lecithins , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E334 L(+)-tartaric acid , E350 Sodium malates , E428 Gelatine

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E428 Gelatine.

As written on the pack

glucose syrup, sugar gelatine, acids (malic acid, tartaric acid, citric acid), concentrate fruit juices (1,1%) (apple, blueberry, raspberr strawberry), acidity regulators (sodium malates, sodium ascorbate, sodium citrates), plant and vegetable concentrates (black carrot, safflower radish), stabiliser (carageenan), favouring, spirulina concentrate, spirulina extract, emulsifier (lecithins),

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.

  • 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.
  • E428 Gelatine Gelatine is a gelling agent made from collagen in animal skin and bones.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.

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.
2 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.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 486 candies

From least to most processed, this one ranks 157th. 96% of the candies 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 486 candies, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8593893789449, last edited 27 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.