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Is Strawberry Chupa Chups Lollipop ultra-processed?

12g Lollipops Sold in Australia, New Zealand and 5 more countries

Pack of Strawberry Chupa Chups Lollipop

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:

  • 84 ingredients
  • 5 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

assorted flavors (sugar, glucose syrup, fruit (apple, cherry, raspberry, pineapple, lime, lemon, strawberry, peach, banana, orange, blueberry, blackberry, mango, watermelon, kiwi), acidifying agents (citric acid, malic acid), dyes (beet red, curcumin), aromas), cola flavor, sugar, glucose syrup, acidifying agent (citric acid, malt extract (barley), aromas), strawberry cream flavor (sugar, glucose syrup, whey powder, fruit (apple, cherry, raspberry, pineapple, lime, lemon, strawberry peaches banana, orange, blueberry, blackberry, mango, watermelon, kiwi), skim milk powder, inulin, salt, dye (beet red), aroma), 3 in 1 exotic fruit flavor (sugar, glucose syrup, concentrated fruit marrow (apple, cherry, raspberry, pineapple, lime, lemon, strawberry, peach, banana, orange, blueberry, blackberry, mango, watermelon, kiwi), citric acid, malic acid), flavors, dyes (curcumin, chlorophyll, beet red)

Additives: E100 Curcumin , E140 Chlorophylls and Chlorophyllins , E140i Chlorophylls , E296 Malic acid , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

assorted flavors (sugar, glucose syrup, concentrated fruit (apple, cherry, raspberry, pineapple, lime, lemon, strawberry, peach, banana, orange, blueberry, blackberry, mango, watermelon, kiwi) (3%), acidifying agents (citric acid, malic acid), dyes (beet red, curcumin), aromas,) cola flavor (sugar, glucose syrup, acidifying agent (citric acid, malt extract (barley), aromas,) strawberry cream flavor (sugar, glucose syrup, whey powder, concentrated fruit pulp (apple, cherry, raspberry, pineapple, lime, lemon, strawberry peaches banana, orange, blueberry, blackberry, mango, watermelon, kiwi) (3%), skim milk powder, inulin, salt, dye (beet red), aroma), 3 in 1 exotic fruit flavor (sugar, glucose syrup, concentrated fruit marrow (apple, cherry, raspberry, pineapple, lime, lemon, strawberry, peach, banana, orange, blueberry, blackberry, mango, watermelon, kiwi) (3%), acidifier citric acid, malic acid), flavors, dyes (curcumin, chlorophyll, beet red),)

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.
  • E140 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
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.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 8 lollipops

From least to most processed, this one ranks 8th. 100% of the lollipops 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 8 lollipops, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 49814521, last edited 16 August 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.