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Is Tropic Snacks Liquorice Mix Big Five Chokolate Dragees ultra-processed?

170 g Sold in Sweden

Pack of Tropic Snacks Liquorice Mix Big Five Chokolate Dragees

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:

  • 56 ingredients
  • 11 additives

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

menJULASpuivel, včiciju, sirap, meldss, Kakaomassa, MJÖLKsocker, vatten, glukossirap (korn, vete), skumMJÖLKspulver, lakritsextrakt, glukos-fruktossirap, invert sockersirap, RÅGmjöl, laktos, VASSLEpulver, hallon, lakrits, salmiaksalt, arom inkkl salmiak, VETEstärkelse, potatis, kokosfett, SOJAlecitin, sorbitol, lakritsrot, naturlig vaniljarom, e904, glukossirap, modifierad tapiokastärkelse, kokosolja, rapsolja, e150c, e414, salt, gelatin (gris), YOGHURTpulver, kokosolja, naturlig anisarom, rödbetskoncentrat, spirulina, e471, lakritsarom, e420, e202, e903, violarom, arom, etanol, solrosolja, e153, e904, e903, kokosolja

Additives: E14XX Modified Starch , E150c Ammonia caramel , E1510 Ethanol , E153 Vegetable carbon , E202 Potassium sorbate , E414 Acacia gum , E420 Sorbitol , E428 Gelatine , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E903 Carnauba wax , E904 Shellac

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E150c Ammonia caramel.

As written on the pack

menJULASpuivel, včiciju, sirap, meldss, Kakaomassa, MJÖLKsocker, vatten, glukossirap(KORN/VETE), skumMJÖLKspulver, lakritsextrakt, glukos-fruktossirap, invert sockersirap, RÅGmjöl, LAKTOS, VASSLEpulver, hallonpulver, lakrits, salmiaksalt, arom inkkl salmiak, VETEstärkelse, modifierad stärkelse(potatis), kokosfett, SOJAlecitin, sorbitol, lakritsrotextrakt, naturlig vaniljarom, ytbehandlingsmedel (E904, glukossirap, modifierad tapiokastärkelse, kokosolja, rapsolja), färgämne(E150c), ytbehandlingsmedel (E414), salt, gelatin(gris), YOGHURTpulver, kokosolja, naturlig anisarom, färgämne(rödbetskoncentrat, spirulina), emulgeringsmedel(E471), lakritsarom, stabiliseringsmedel(E420), konserveringsmedel(E202), ytbehandlingsmedel(E903), violarom, arom, etanol, solrosolja, färgämne(E153), ytbehandlingsmedel(E904, E903, kokosolja). Kan innehålla spår av jordnöt, mandel, hasselnöt, valnöt, cashewnöt, pekannöt, paranöt, pistagenöt, makadamianöt och sesam.

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.

  • E14xx Modified Starch Modified starches (E1400 to E1452) are starches treated physically, with enzymes or chemically so that they thicken and hold up to heating, freezing or acidity better than ordinary starch.
  • E150c Ammonia caramel Ammonia caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars with ammonia compounds.
  • E153 Vegetable carbon A food additive authorised for industrial food production.
  • 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.
  • E420 Sorbitol Sorbitol is a sugar alcohol used as a sweetener and to keep products moist.
  • E428 Gelatine Gelatine is a gelling agent made from collagen in animal skin and bones.
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  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
  • E903 Carnauba wax Carnauba wax comes from the leaves of a Brazilian palm and gives sweets and coated chocolates their shine.
  • E904 Shellac Shellac is a resin secreted by lac insects, used as a glazing agent on sweets, coated chocolates and fruit.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

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.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.
  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
  • Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
6 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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Vegetable fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

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About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7330449801313, last edited 14 August 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.