Is Tic Tac Mint ultra-processed?

13g Candies Sold in the United States and India

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
Fructose
E414 Acacia gum
E903 Carnauba wax

14 ingredients
2 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

LNI W 3RD 20 000 20 and ON Bot Proprietary food-Harry (0.2.1), ingredients sugar, rice starch (processing marker), e414 (ultra-processing marker), fructose (ultra-processing marker), flavours natural flavours, flavouring substances (ultra-processing marker), nature-identical flavouring substances (ultra-processing marker), artificial flavouring substance-ethylvanillin anticaking agent (e4700), e903 (ultra-processing marker), NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION Per (Energy)

Additives: E414 Acacia gum , E903 Carnauba wax

As written on the pack

LNI W 3RD 20 000 20 OR ON Bot Proprietary food-Harry (0.2.1) INGREDIENTS SUGAR, MALTA RICE STARCH, THICKENER (INS 414), FRUCTOSE, FLAVOURS NATURAL FLAVOURS AND FLAVOURING SUBSTANCES, NATURE-IDENTICAL FLAVOURING SUBSTANCES AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOURING SUBSTANCE-ETHYLVANILLIN ANTICAKING AGENT (INS 4700), GLAZING AGENT (INS 903) NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION Per 100 g: Energy

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.

E414 Acacia gum Gum arabic (acacia gum) is the hardened sap of acacia trees, used to stabilise flavour emulsions in soft drinks and to coat sweets.
E903 Carnauba wax Carnauba wax comes from the leaves of a Brazilian palm and gives sweets and coated chocolates their shine.
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.

Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.

3 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.
Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
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 96th. 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 8000500410998, last edited 27 September 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.