Is YumEarth Organic lollipops Vitamin C strawberry berry cherry ultra-processed?

85 g Lollipops Sold in the United States, France and Ukraine

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Colour
Flavouring

9 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

cane sugar (processing marker), brown rice syrup, citric acid, ascorbic acid, natural flavors (ultra-processing marker), colored (ultra-processing marker) (with concentrate, carrot), blackcurrant

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Organic cane sugar, organic brown rice syrup, citric acid, ascorbic acid, natural flavors, colored with concentrate (carrot, blackcurrant).

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.

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 8 lollipops

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1st. 100% of the lollipops 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 8 lollipops, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0810165011953, last edited 4 June 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.