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Is Tropical Fields Brown Sugar Boba Milk Tea Mochi ultra-processed?

31.8oz (900g) Pastries Sold in the United States

Pack of Tropical Fields Brown Sugar Boba Milk Tea Mochi

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:

  • 28 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed pastries

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

Maltose, Glutinous Rice, Water, Sugar, Trehalose, Hydroxypropyl Distarch Phosphate as a Thickener, Cocoa Powder, Milk Filling (Vegetable Oils (Palm Oil, Soybean Oil), Sugar, Whole Milk Powder, Lactose, Cocoa Butter, Soy Lecithin, mono- and Diglycerides as Emulsifiers, Artificial Flavors, Salt, Vanillin), Brown Sugar, Palm Oil, Sugar Syrup, mono- and Diglycerides as an Emulsifier, Salt, Artificial Flavors, Potassium Sorbate as a Preservative, Potato Starch

As written on the pack

Maltose, Glutinous Rice, Water, Sugar, Trehalose, Hydroxypropyl Distarch Phosphate as a Thickener, Cocoa Powder, Milk Filling [Vegetable Oils (Palm Oil, Soybean Oil) Sugar, Whole Milk Powder, Lactose (Milk), Cocoa Butter, Soy Lecithin & Mono - and Diglycerides as Emulsifiers, Artificial Flavors, Salt, Vanillin], Brown Sugar, Palm Oil*, Caramelized Sugar Syrup, Mono - and Diglycerides as an Emulsifier, Salt, Artificial Flavors, Potassium Sorbate as a Preservative, Potato Starch

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.

  • 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.

  • Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.
7 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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • 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.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.
  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 205 pastries

From least to most processed, this one ranks 56th. 87% of the pastries 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 205 pastries, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0810019601484, last edited 27 July 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.