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Is Veggie Peggy Fruktnallar ultra-processed?

90g Candies Sold in Sweden

Pack of Veggie Peggy Fruktnallar

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:

  • 27 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • 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

Glukossirap, rörsocker foraffinerat, geleringsmedel (pektin), fruktjuicekoncentrat (äpple, apelsin, citron, svarta vinbär, hallon, ananas), syra (citronsyra), surhetsreglerande medel (natriumcitrat), färg (från frukt), och växt (alger, safflor, pumpa, äpple, morot", fläder), naturliga aromer, ytbehandlingsmedel (karnaubavax)

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Glukossirap, rörsocker foraffinerat), geleringsmedel (pektin) fruktjuicekoncentrat (äpple*, apelsin, citron*, svarta vinbär*, hallon*, ananas*). syra (citronsyra), surhetsreglerande medel (natriumcitrat), färg från frukt - och växtextrakt (alger, safflor, pumpa*, äpple*, morot", fläder*), naturliga aromer, ytbehandlingsmedel: karnaubavax*. *Ekologisk ingrediens.

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.

  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Gelling agent Gelling agents such as pectin, gelatine or carrageenan set liquids into gels and stabilise textures.
  • Glazing agent Glazing agents, waxes and shellac for example, coat a surface to make it shiny or stop pieces sticking together.

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.
  • Fruit juice concentrate An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
2 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.
  • 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 227th. 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 4038857240016, 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.