Is Watermelon and Cherry Nerds ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 41 ingredients
- 4 additives
- Nutri-Score E
Less processed candies
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
glucose syrup (ultra-processing marker), sugar (processing marker), dextrose (ultra-processing marker), acid (malic acid), plant, vegetable concentrates (spirulina, radish), flavourings (ultra-processing marker), thickener (ultra-processing marker) (gur (processing marker), arabic), glazing agent (ultra-processing marker) (carnauba wax (ultra-processing marker)), colour (ultra-processing marker) (curcumin (ultra-processing marker)), watermelon (wheat), egg manu actured by ferrara candy company, chicago, il 60607, usa, md, tm, mc c2024 ferrara candy company, all rights reserved, imported in the uk by ferrara candy uk limited, wellington street, batley, west yorkshir wf17 5je imported and distributed in ireland by fox's burton's companies (fbc), uk ltd, unit 105, lombard st east, dublin 2, roi exported and distributed in the eu by bison brands sl, jo, jin costa 4-11, 46005 valencia, on indies
Additives: E100 Curcumin , E105 Fast Yellow AB , E296 Malic acid , E903 Carnauba wax
As written on the pack
glucose syrup*, sugar, dextrose, acid (malic acid), plant and vegetable concentrates (spirulina, radish), flavourings, thickener (gur, arabic), glazing agent (carnauba wax), colour (curcumin), concentrated watermelon juice. *contains glucose syrup from genetically modified maize may also contain gluten (wheat) and egg manu actured by ferrara candy company, chicago, il 60607, usa /md, tm/mc c2024 ferrara candy company. all rights reserved. imported in the uk by ferrara candy uk limited, wellington street, batley, west yorkshir wf17 5je imported and distributed in ireland by fox's burton's companies (fbc) uk ltd, unit 105, lombard st east, dublin 2, roi exported and distributed in the eu by bison brands sl, jo. jin costa 4-11, 46005 valencia, spain on indies
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.
- E100 Curcumin Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
- E105 Fast Yellow AB A food additive authorised for industrial food production.
- E903 Carnauba wax Carnauba wax comes from the leaves of a Brazilian palm and gives sweets and coated chocolates their shine.
- 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.
- Glazing agent Glazing agents, waxes and shellac for example, coat a surface to make it shiny or stop pieces sticking together.
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- Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.
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.
- Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
- 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.
3 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.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.
Among 486 candies
From least to most processed, this one ranks 378th. 96% of the candies here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 1230000131827, last edited 9 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 E (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.