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Mentos fruit - 37.5 g

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Mentos fruit - 37.5 g

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Barcode: 0073390000165 (EAN / EAN-13) 073390000165 (UPC / UPC-A)

Quantity: 37.5 g

Packaging: Paper

Brands: Mentos

Categories: Snacks, Sweet snacks, Confectioneries, Candies

Stores: Aldi, Officeworks, Coles, Woolworths

Countries where sold: Australia, New Zealand

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Ingredients

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    37 ingredients

    sugar, glucose syrup (corn), reconstituted fruit juices (strawberry, orapge, lemon)(2.5%. mytaagenated vegetable oil (coconut), acid (citric acid), rice starch, thickeners (gum arabic, gellan gum), flavourings, glazing agent (carnauba wax), emulsifier (sucrose esters of fatty acida, coas (carotene, beetred). made in china by: perfetti van melle confectionery (shenzhen) co., ltd., no. 42, shenkui road, tu yang, kui chong, dapeng new district, shenzhen, 5181 china. imported &

Food processing

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    Ultra processed foods

    Elements that indicate the product is in the 4 - Ultra processed food and drink products group:

    • Additive: E414 - Acacia gum
    • Additive: E418 - Gellan gum
    • Additive: E903 - Carnauba wax
    • Ingredient: Emulsifier
    • Ingredient: Flavouring
    • Ingredient: Glazing agent
    • Ingredient: Glucose
    • Ingredient: Glucose syrup
    • Ingredient: Thickener

    Food products are classified into 4 groups according to their degree of processing:

    1. Unprocessed or minimally processed foods
    2. Processed culinary ingredients
    3. Processed foods
    4. Ultra processed foods

    The determination of the group is based on the category of the product and on the ingredients it contains.

    → Learn more about the NOVA classification

Additives

  • E330 - Citric acid

    Citric acid is a natural organic acid found in citrus fruits such as lemons, oranges, and limes.

    It is widely used in the food industry as a flavor enhancer, acidulant, and preservative due to its tart and refreshing taste.

    Citric acid is safe for consumption when used in moderation and is considered a generally recognized as safe (GRAS) food additive by regulatory agencies worldwide.

  • E414 - Acacia gum

    Gum arabic: Gum arabic, also known as acacia gum, arabic gum, gum acacia, acacia, Senegal gum and Indian gum, and by other names, is a natural gum consisting of the hardened sap of various species of the acacia tree. Originally, gum arabic was collected from Acacia nilotica which was called the "gum arabic tree"; in the present day, gum arabic is collected from acacia species, predominantly Acacia senegal and Vachellia -Acacia- seyal; the term "gum arabic" does not indicate a particular botanical source. In a few cases so‐called "gum arabic" may not even have been collected from Acacia species, but may originate from Combretum, Albizia or some other genus. Producers harvest the gum commercially from wild trees, mostly in Sudan -80%- and throughout the Sahel, from Senegal to Somalia—though it is historically cultivated in Arabia and West Asia. Gum arabic is a complex mixture of glycoproteins and polysaccharides. It is the original source of the sugars arabinose and ribose, both of which were first discovered and isolated from it, and are named after it. Gum arabic is soluble in water. It is edible, and used primarily in the food industry as a stabilizer, with EU E number E414. Gum arabic is a key ingredient in traditional lithography and is used in printing, paint production, glue, cosmetics and various industrial applications, including viscosity control in inks and in textile industries, though less expensive materials compete with it for many of these roles. While gum arabic is now produced throughout the African Sahel, it is still harvested and used in the Middle East.
    Source: Wikipedia

  • E418 - Gellan gum

    Gellan gum: Gellan gum is a water-soluble anionic polysaccharide produced by the bacterium Sphingomonas elodea -formerly Pseudomonas elodea based on the taxonomic classification at the time of its discovery-. Its taxonomic classification has been subsequently changed to Sphingomonas elodea based on current classification system. The gellan-producing bacterium was discovered and isolated by the former Kelco Division of Merck & Company, Inc. in 1978 from the lily plant tissue from a natural pond in Pennsylvania, USA. It was initially identified as a substitute gelling agent at significantly lower use level to replace agar in solid culture media for the growth of various microorganisms Its initial commercial product with the trademark as "GELRITE" gellan gum, was subsequently identified as a suitable agar substitute as gelling agent in various clinical bacteriological media.
    Source: Wikipedia

  • E903 - Carnauba wax

    Carnauba wax: Carnauba -; Portuguese: carnaúba [kaʁnɐˈubɐ]-, also called Brazil wax and palm wax, is a wax of the leaves of the palm Copernicia prunifera -Synonym: Copernicia cerifera-, a plant native to and grown only in the northeastern Brazilian states of Piauí, Ceará, Maranhão, Bahia, and Rio Grande do Norte. It is known as "queen of waxes" and in its pure state, usually comes in the form of hard yellow-brown flakes. It is obtained from the leaves of the carnauba palm by collecting and drying them, beating them to loosen the wax, then refining and bleaching the wax.
    Source: Wikipedia

Ingredients analysis

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    Vegan status unknown

    Unrecognized ingredients: Orapge, Mytaagenated-vegetable-oil, Sucrose-esters-of-fatty-acida, Coas, Beetred, Made-in-china-by, Perfetti-van-melle-confectionery, Shenzhen, Ltd, No, 42, Shenkui-road, Tu-yang, Kui-chong, Dapeng-new-district, Shenzhen, 5181-china, Imported

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    Unrecognized ingredients: Orapge, Mytaagenated-vegetable-oil, Sucrose-esters-of-fatty-acida, Coas, Beetred, Made-in-china-by, Perfetti-van-melle-confectionery, Shenzhen, Ltd, No, 42, Shenkui-road, Tu-yang, Kui-chong, Dapeng-new-district, Shenzhen, 5181-china, Imported

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Nutrition

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    Poor nutritional quality

    ⚠ ️Warning: the amount of fiber is not specified, their possible positive contribution to the grade could not be taken into account.
    ⚠ ️Warning: the amount of fruits, vegetables and nuts is not specified on the label, it was estimated from the list of ingredients: 17

    This product is not considered a beverage for the calculation of the Nutri-Score.

    Positive points: 0

    • Proteins: 0 / 5 (value: 0, rounded value: 0)
    • Fiber: 0 / 5 (value: 0, rounded value: 0)
    • Fruits, vegetables, nuts, and colza/walnut/olive oils: 0 / 5 (value: 17.9406207540761, rounded value: 17.9)

    Negative points: 14

    • Energy: 4 / 10 (value: 1393, rounded value: 1393)
    • Sugars: 10 / 10 (value: 66.666666666667, rounded value: 66.67)
    • Saturated fat: 0 / 10 (value: 0, rounded value: 0)
    • Sodium: 0 / 10 (value: 0, rounded value: 0)

    The points for proteins are not counted because the negative points are greater or equal to 11.

    Nutritional score: (14 - 0)

    Nutri-Score:

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    Nutrient levels

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      Sugars in high quantity (66.7%)

      What you need to know
      • A high consumption of sugar can cause weight gain and tooth decay. It also augments the risk of type 2 diabetes and cardio-vascular diseases.

      Recommendation: Limit the consumption of sugar and sugary drinks
      • Sugary drinks (such as sodas, fruit beverages, and fruit juices and nectars) should be limited as much as possible (no more than 1 glass a day).
      • Choose products with lower sugar content and reduce the consumption of products with added sugars.
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      Salt in low quantity (0%)

      What you need to know
      • A high consumption of salt (or sodium) can cause raised blood pressure, which can increase the risk of heart disease and stroke.
      • Many people who have high blood pressure do not know it, as there are often no symptoms.
      • Most people consume too much salt (on average 9 to 12 grams per day), around twice the recommended maximum level of intake.

      Recommendation: Limit the consumption of salt and salted food
      • Reduce the quantity of salt used when cooking, and don't salt again at the table.
      • Limit the consumption of salty snacks and choose products with lower salt content.

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    Nutrition facts

    Nutrition facts As sold
    for 100 g / 100 ml     		As sold
    per serving (3g)     		Compared to: Candies
    Energy 1,393 kj
    (333 kcal)     		41.8 kj
    (9 kcal)     		-5%
    Fat 0 g 0 g -100%
    Saturated fat 0 g 0 g -100%
    Carbohydrates 100 g 3 g +21%
    Sugars 66.667 g 2 g +20%
    Fiber ? ?
    Proteins 0 g 0 g -100%
    Salt 0 g 0 g -100%
    Fruits‚ vegetables‚ nuts and rapeseed‚ walnut and olive oils (estimate from ingredients list analysis) 17.941 % 17.941 %
Serving size: 3g

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