Is Toms Kola Stång ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 19 ingredients
- 3 additives
- Nutri-Score E
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Socker (processing marker), glukos-fruktossirap (ultra-processing marker), vetemjöl, majs (ultra-processing marker), och potatisstärkelse (processing marker), härdat fett (palmkärna, kokos), fuktighetsbevarande medel (ultra-processing marker) (glycerol (ultra-processing marker)), emulgeringsmedel (ultra-processing marker) (mono- och diglycerider av fettsyra (ultra-processing marker)), sockerkulör (ultra-processing marker), förtjockningsmedel (ultra-processing marker) (arabisk gummi), sirap, salt (processing marker), aromämnen (ultra-processing marker), lakrits
Additives: E150a Plain caramel , E422 Glycerol , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids
As written on the pack
Socker, glukos-fruktossirap, vetemjöl (gluten), modifierad majs - och potatisstärkelse, härdat vegetabiliskt fett (palmkärna, kokos), fuktighetsbevarande medel (glycerol), emulgeringsmedel (mono - och diglycerider av fettsyra), sockerkulör, förtjockningsmedel (arabisk gummi), sirap, salt, aromämnen, rålakrits.
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.
- E150a Plain caramel Plain caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars.
- E422 Glycerol Glycerol is a sweet-tasting liquid used to keep products moist and soft.
- E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
- Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
- Humectant Humectants are substances which prevent foods from drying out by counteracting the effect of an atmosphere having a low degree of humidity, or promote the dissolution of a powder in an aqueous medium.
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- Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.
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.
- Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
- Corn An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
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.
Among 486 candies
From least to most processed, this one ranks 377th. 96% of the candies here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5774540738932, last edited 2 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 E (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.