Is Vicks IceTea Peach pastills ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 15 ingredients
- 4 additives
- Nutri-Score B
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Ingredienser (sötningsmedel, isomalt (ultra-processing marker)), maltitol (ultra-processing marker), xylitol (ultra-processing marker), acesulfam k, sucralose (ultra-processing marker), surhetsreglerande medel (citronsyra), mate extract 0.5%, persika juice koncentrat 0.5%, naturlig arom, färgämnen (karotener), menthol 0.06%
Additives: E953 Isomalt , E955 Sucralose , E965 Maltitol , E967 Xylitol
As written on the pack
Ingredienser: sötningsmedel (isomalt, maltitol, xylitol, acesulfam k, sucralose), surhetsreglerande medel: citronsyra, mate extract (0,5%), persika juice koncentrat (0,5%), naturlig arom, färgämnen: karotener, menthol (0,06%).
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.
- E953 Isomalt Stabilisers are substances which make it possible to maintain the physico-chemical state of a foodstuff; stabilisers include substances which enable the maintenance of a homogenous dispersion of two or more immiscible substances in a foodstuff, substances which stabilise, retain or intensify an existing colour of a foodstuff and substances which increase the binding capacity of the food, including the formation of cross-links between proteins enabling the binding of food pieces into re-constituted food.
- E955 Sucralose Sucralose is a sweetener made by chlorinating sugar.
- E965 Maltitol Maltitol is a sugar alcohol made from starch, used as a sweetener in "no added sugar" sweets and chocolate.
- E967 Xylitol Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4030300572590, last edited 3 September 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 B (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.