Is The Skinny Food Co Salted Caramel Syrup ultra-processed?

60ml Artificial sugar substitutes Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Colour
Flavouring
Sweetener
E150 Caramel
E955 Sucralose

11 ingredients
5 additives

Less processed sugar substitutes

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

Water, Flavouring (ultra-processing marker), Acid (Lactic Acid), Sweetener (ultra-processing marker) (Sucralose (ultra-processing marker)), Colour (ultra-processing marker) (Caramel (ultra-processing marker)), Salt (processing marker), Potassium Sorbate (processing marker), Sodium Benzoate

Additives: E150 Caramel , E202 Potassium sorbate , E211 Sodium benzoate , E270 Lactic acid , E955 Sucralose

As written on the pack

Water, Flavouring, Acid (Lactic Acid), Sweetener Sucralose), Colour (Caramel), Salt, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate

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.

E150 Caramel A food additive authorised for industrial food production.
E955 Sucralose Sucralose is a sweetener made by chlorinating sugar.
Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
Sweetener Sweeteners give sweetness with few or no calories, many at hundreds of times the strength of sugar.

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.

E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 11 artificial sugar substitutes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 10th. 100% of the artificial sugar substitutes 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 11 artificial sugar substitutes, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060614805649, 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.
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