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Is The FROOT ThieF Big Variety Pack ultra-processed?

Candies Sold in the United States

Pack of The FROOT ThieF Big Variety Pack

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:

  • 20 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score D

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

WHAT'S IN A SCRaNBRRY WHIP? INGREDIENTS (apples), apple juice, strawberries, black carrot extract, natural sirawberry flavor, citrus fiber, plant fiber (prevents natural fruit stickiness), WHAT'S inter alia CEeD eeRRY WHIP? INGREDIENTS (apples), apple juice, strawberries, raspberries, blackcurrants, black carrot extract, natural berry flavor, citrus fiber, plant fiber (prevents natural fruit stickiness)

As written on the pack

WHAT'S IN A SCRaNBRRY WHIP? INGREDIENTS: APPLES, APPLE JUICE (CONCENTRATE), STRAWBERRIES, BLACK CARROT EXTRACT, NATURAL SIRAWBERRY FLAVOR, CITRUS FIBER, PLANT FIBER (PREVENTS NATURAL FRUIT STICKINESS) WHAT'S INA CEeD eeRRY WHIP? INGREDIENTS: APPLES, APPLE JUICE (CONCENTRATE), STRAWBERRIES, RASPBERRIES, BLACKCURRANTS, BLACK CARROT EXTRACT, NATURAL BERRY FLAVOR, CITRUS FIBER, PLANT FIBER (PREVENTS NATURAL FRUIT STICKINESS)

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

  • 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.
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 23rd. 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 0658325076103, last edited 20 April 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.