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Is Tropical Fields Tropical Fruity Boba Mochi ultra-processed?

900 g Pastries Sold in the United States and Australia

Pack of Tropical Fields Tropical Fruity Boba Mochi

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 57 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed sweet snacks

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

lychee mochi (maltose), glutinous rice, water, sugar, trehalose, hydroxypropyl dstarch hosphate as a thickener, lychee, winter melon, sorbitol as a humectant, brown sugar, palm oil, sugar syrup, mono- and diglycerides as an emulsifier, salt, brown sugar flavor and lychee flavor as flavor enhancers, potassium sorbate as a preservative, potato starch, mango mochi (maltose), glutinous rice, water, sugar, trehalose, hydroxypropyl distarch phosphate as a thickener, mango juice, winter melo, sorbitol as a humectant, brown sugar, palm oil, sugar syrup, mono- and diglycerides as an emulsifier, salt, carotene as a color, brown sugar flavor and mango flavor as flavor enhancers, potassium sorbate as a preservative, potato starch, passion fruit mochi (maltose), glutinous rice, water, sugar, trehalose, hydroxypropyl distarch phosphate as a thickener, passion winter melon, sorbitol as a humectant, brown sugar, palm oil, sugar syrup, mono- and diglycerides as an emulsifier, salt, beetroot red, black carrot red powder as colors, brown sugar flavor and passion fruit flavor as flavor enhancers, potassium sorbate as a preservative, potato starch, sustainable palm oil

As written on the pack

lychee mochi: maltose, glutinous rice, water, sugar, trehalose, hydroxypropyl dstarch hosphate as a thickener, lychee juice, winter melon, sorbitol as a humectant, brown sugar, palm oil*, caramelized sugar syrup, mono - and diglycerides as an emulsifier, salt, brown sugar flavor and lychee flavor as flavor enhancers, potassium sorbate as a preservative, potato starch, mango mochi: maltose, glutinous rice, water, sugar, trehalose, hydroxypropyl distarch phosphate as a thickener, mango juice, winter melo, sorbitol as a humectant, brown sugar, palm oil*, caramelized sugar syrup, mono - and diglycerides as an emulsifier, salt, carotene as a color, brown sugar flavor and mango flavor as flavor enhancers, potassium sorbate as a preservative, potato starch, passion fruit mochi: maltose, glutinous rice, water, sugar, trehalose, hydroxypropyl distarch phosphate as a thickener, passion winter melon, sorbitol as a humectant, brown sugar, palm oil*, caramelized sugar syrup, mono - and diglycerides as an emulsifier, salt, beetroot red and black carrot red powder as colors, brown sugar flavor and passion fruit flavor as flavor enhancers, potassium sorbate as a preservative, potato starch, *sustainable palm oil,

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 205 pastries

From least to most processed, this one ranks 20th. 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 0810019602740, last edited 15 December 2025), 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.