Is Sugar Twin Calorie Free Sweetener ultra-processed?

32 g Sugars Sold in the United States and Canada

Yes, it's ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Dextrose (ultra-processing marker), sodium cyclamate (ultra-processing marker) 32%, silicon dioxide

Additives: E952 Cyclamic acid and its Na and Ca salts

As written on the pack

Dextrose, sodium cyclamate (32%), silicon dioxide.

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

E952 Cyclamic acid and its Na and Ca salts Sweeteners are substances used to impart a sweet taste to foods or in table-top sweeteners.

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.

From least to most processed, this one ranks 94th. 31% of the sugars 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.

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0605021976008, last edited 1 April 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
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The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.