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m&m - Mars - 250 Gramm
m&m - Mars - 250 Gramm
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Barcode: 5000159514392 (EAN / EAN-13)
Quantity: 250 Gramm
Packaging: Plastic
Brands: Mars
Categories: Snacks, Sweet snacks, Cocoa and its products, Confectioneries, Chocolate candies, Bonbons, Chocolate covered nuts, Chocolate covered peanuts
Origin of ingredients: Germany, Switzerland
Manufacturing or processing places: France
Countries where sold: Switzerland
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Ingredients
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30 ingredients
German: Zucker, Erdnüsse, Kakaomasse, Vollmilchpulver, Kakaobutter, Stärke, Palmfett, Glukosesirup, Magermilchpulver, Emulgator (Sojalecithin), Milchzucker, Stabilisator (Gummi arabicum), Sheafett, Butterreinfett (aus Milch), Dextrin, Farbstoffe (E100, E120, E133, E160a, E160e, E170), Überzugsmittel (Camaubawachs), Palmkenöl, Aromen, Salz. (Kann enthalten: Haselnuss, Mandel).Allergens: Milk, Peanuts, SoybeansTraces: Nuts, En-nuts
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: E100 - Curcumin
- Additive: E120 - Cochineal
- Additive: E133 - Brilliant blue FCF
- Additive: E1400 - Dextrin
- Additive: E160a - Carotene
- Additive: E160e - Beta-apo-8′-carotenal (c30)
- Additive: E170 - Calcium carbonates
- Additive: E414 - Acacia gum
- Ingredient: Colour
- Ingredient: Emulsifier
- Ingredient: Flavouring
- Ingredient: Glazing agent
- Ingredient: Glucose
- Ingredient: Glucose syrup
- Ingredient: Lactose
Food products are classified into 4 groups according to their degree of processing:
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- Processed culinary ingredients
- Processed foods
- Ultra processed foods
The determination of the group is based on the category of the product and on the ingredients it contains.
Additives
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E120 - Cochineal
Carminic acid: Carminic acid -C22H20O13- is a red glucosidal hydroxyanthrapurin that occurs naturally in some scale insects, such as the cochineal, Armenian cochineal, and Polish cochineal. The insects produce the acid as a deterrent to predators. An aluminum salt of carminic acid is the coloring agent in carmine. Synonyms are C.I. 75470 and C.I. Natural Red 4. The chemical structure of carminic acid consists of a core anthraquinone structure linked to a glucose sugar unit. Carminic acid was first synthesized in the laboratory by organic chemists in 1991.Source: Wikipedia
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E133 - Brilliant blue FCF
Brilliant Blue FCF: Brilliant Blue FCF -Blue 1- is an organic compound classified as a triarylmethane dye and a blue azo dye, reflecting its chemical structure. Known under various commercial names, it is a colorant for foods and other substances. It is denoted by E number E133 and has a color index of 42090. It has the appearance of a blue powder. It is soluble in water, and the solution has a maximum absorption at about 628 nanometers.Source: Wikipedia
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E1400 - Dextrin
Dextrin: Dextrins are a group of low-molecular-weight carbohydrates produced by the hydrolysis of starch or glycogen. Dextrins are mixtures of polymers of D-glucose units linked by α--1→4- or α--1→6- glycosidic bonds. Dextrins can be produced from starch using enzymes like amylases, as during digestion in the human body and during malting and mashing, or by applying dry heat under acidic conditions -pyrolysis or roasting-. The latter process is used industrially, and also occurs on the surface of bread during the baking process, contributing to flavor, color and crispness. Dextrins produced by heat are also known as pyrodextrins. The starch hydrolyses during roasting under acidic conditions, and short-chained starch parts partially rebranch with α--1‚6- bonds to the degraded starch molecule. See also Maillard Reaction. Dextrins are white, yellow, or brown powders that are partially or fully water-soluble, yielding optically active solutions of low viscosity. Most of them can be detected with iodine solution, giving a red coloration; one distinguishes erythrodextrin -dextrin that colours red- and achrodextrin -giving no colour-. White and yellow dextrins from starch roasted with little or no acid are called British gum.Source: Wikipedia
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E160a - Carotene
Carotene: The term carotene -also carotin, from the Latin carota, "carrot"- is used for many related unsaturated hydrocarbon substances having the formula C40Hx, which are synthesized by plants but in general cannot be made by animals -with the exception of some aphids and spider mites which acquired the synthesizing genes from fungi-. Carotenes are photosynthetic pigments important for photosynthesis. Carotenes contain no oxygen atoms. They absorb ultraviolet, violet, and blue light and scatter orange or red light, and -in low concentrations- yellow light. Carotenes are responsible for the orange colour of the carrot, for which this class of chemicals is named, and for the colours of many other fruits, vegetables and fungi -for example, sweet potatoes, chanterelle and orange cantaloupe melon-. Carotenes are also responsible for the orange -but not all of the yellow- colours in dry foliage. They also -in lower concentrations- impart the yellow coloration to milk-fat and butter. Omnivorous animal species which are relatively poor converters of coloured dietary carotenoids to colourless retinoids have yellowed-coloured body fat, as a result of the carotenoid retention from the vegetable portion of their diet. The typical yellow-coloured fat of humans and chickens is a result of fat storage of carotenes from their diets. Carotenes contribute to photosynthesis by transmitting the light energy they absorb to chlorophyll. They also protect plant tissues by helping to absorb the energy from singlet oxygen, an excited form of the oxygen molecule O2 which is formed during photosynthesis. β-Carotene is composed of two retinyl groups, and is broken down in the mucosa of the human small intestine by β-carotene 15‚15'-monooxygenase to retinal, a form of vitamin A. β-Carotene can be stored in the liver and body fat and converted to retinal as needed, thus making it a form of vitamin A for humans and some other mammals. The carotenes α-carotene and γ-carotene, due to their single retinyl group -β-ionone ring-, also have some vitamin A activity -though less than β-carotene-, as does the xanthophyll carotenoid β-cryptoxanthin. All other carotenoids, including lycopene, have no beta-ring and thus no vitamin A activity -although they may have antioxidant activity and thus biological activity in other ways-. Animal species differ greatly in their ability to convert retinyl -beta-ionone- containing carotenoids to retinals. Carnivores in general are poor converters of dietary ionone-containing carotenoids. Pure carnivores such as ferrets lack β-carotene 15‚15'-monooxygenase and cannot convert any carotenoids to retinals at all -resulting in carotenes not being a form of vitamin A for this species-; while cats can convert a trace of β-carotene to retinol, although the amount is totally insufficient for meeting their daily retinol needs.Source: Wikipedia
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E170 - Calcium carbonates
Calcium carbonate: Calcium carbonate is a chemical compound with the formula CaCO3. It is a common substance found in rocks as the minerals calcite and aragonite -most notably as limestone, which is a type of sedimentary rock consisting mainly of calcite- and is the main component of pearls and the shells of marine organisms, snails, and eggs. Calcium carbonate is the active ingredient in agricultural lime and is created when calcium ions in hard water react with carbonate ions to create limescale. It is medicinally used as a calcium supplement or as an antacid, but excessive consumption can be hazardous.Source: Wikipedia
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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
Ingredients analysis
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Palm oil
Ingredients that contain palm oil: Palm fat
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Non-vegan
Non-vegan ingredients: Whole milk powder, Skimmed milk powder, Lactose, Butterfat, Milk, E120Some ingredients could not be recognized.
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Non-vegetarian
Non-vegetarian ingredients: E120Some ingredients could not be recognized.
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Zucker, _Erdnüsse_, Kakaomasse, _Vollmilchpulver_, Kakaobutter, Stärke, Palmfett, Glukosesirup, _Magermilchpulver_, Emulgator (_Sojalecithin_), _Milchzucker_, Stabilisator (Gummi arabicum), Sheafett, Butterreinfett (aus _Milch_), Dextrin, Farbstoffe (e100, e120, e133, e160a, e160e, e170), Überzugsmittel (Camaubawachs), Palmkenöl, Aromen, Salz ()- Zucker -> en:sugar - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 5 - percent_max: 100
- _Erdnüsse_ -> en:peanut - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 50
- Kakaomasse -> en:cocoa-paste - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 33.3333333333333
- _Vollmilchpulver_ -> en:whole-milk-powder - vegan: no - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 25
- Kakaobutter -> en:cocoa-butter - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 20
- Stärke -> en:starch - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 16.6666666666667
- Palmfett -> en:palm-fat - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - from_palm_oil: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 14.2857142857143
- Glukosesirup -> en:glucose-syrup - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 12.5
- _Magermilchpulver_ -> en:skimmed-milk-powder - vegan: no - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 11.1111111111111
- Emulgator -> en:emulsifier - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 10
- _Sojalecithin_ -> en:soya-lecithin - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 10
- _Milchzucker_ -> en:lactose - vegan: no - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 9.09090909090909
- Stabilisator -> en:stabiliser - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 8.33333333333333
- Gummi arabicum -> en:e414 - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 8.33333333333333
- Sheafett -> en:shea-butter - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - from_palm_oil: no - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 7.69230769230769
- Butterreinfett -> en:butterfat - vegan: no - vegetarian: yes - from_palm_oil: maybe - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 7.14285714285714
- aus _Milch_ -> en:milk - vegan: no - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 7.14285714285714
- Dextrin -> en:e1400 - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 6.66666666666667
- Farbstoffe -> en:colour - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 6.25
- e100 -> en:e100 - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 6.25
- e120 -> en:e120 - vegan: no - vegetarian: no - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 3.125
- e133 -> en:e133 - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 2.08333333333333
- e160a -> en:e160a - vegan: maybe - vegetarian: maybe - from_palm_oil: maybe - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 1.5625
- e160e -> en:e160e - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 1.25
- e170 -> en:e170 - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 1.04166666666667
- Überzugsmittel -> en:glazing-agent - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 5.88235294117647
- Camaubawachs -> de:camaubawachs - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 5.88235294117647
- Palmkenöl -> de:palmkenöl - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 5.55555555555556
- Aromen -> en:flavouring - vegan: maybe - vegetarian: maybe - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 5.26315789473684
- Salz -> en:salt - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 0
Nutrition
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Bad 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: 0This product is not considered a beverage for the calculation of the Nutri-Score.
Positive points: 0
- Proteins: 5 / 5 (value: 9.9, rounded value: 9.9)
- Fiber: 0 / 5 (value: 0, rounded value: 0)
- Fruits, vegetables, nuts, and colza/walnut/olive oils: 0 / 5 (value: 0, rounded value: 0)
Negative points: 26
- Energy: 6 / 10 (value: 2155, rounded value: 2155)
- Sugars: 10 / 10 (value: 53, rounded value: 53)
- Saturated fat: 10 / 10 (value: 11, rounded value: 11)
- Sodium: 0 / 10 (value: 36, rounded value: 36)
The points for proteins are not counted because the negative points are greater or equal to 11.
Score nutritionnel: 26 (26 - 0)
Nutri-Score: E
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Fat in high quantity (26%)
What you need to know- A high consumption of fat, especially saturated fats, can raise cholesterol, which increases the risk of heart diseases.
Recommendation: Limit the consumption of fat and saturated fat- Choose products with lower fat and saturated fat content.
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Saturated fat in high quantity (11%)
What you need to know- A high consumption of fat, especially saturated fats, can raise cholesterol, which increases the risk of heart diseases.
Recommendation: Limit the consumption of fat and saturated fat- Choose products with lower fat and saturated fat content.
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Sugars in high quantity (53%)
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 (0.09%)
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 mlAs sold
per serving (100g)Compared to: Chocolate covered peanuts Energy 2,155 kj
(515 kcal)2,160 kj
(515 kcal)-0% Fat 26 g 26 g -7% Saturated fat 11 g 11 g -5% Carbohydrates 59 g 59 g +8% Sugars 53 g 53 g +9% Fiber ? ? Proteins 9.9 g 9.9 g +1% Salt 0.09 g 0.09 g -39% Fruits‚ vegetables‚ nuts and rapeseed‚ walnut and olive oils (estimate from ingredients list analysis) 0 % 0 %
Environment
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Eco-Score D - High environmental impact
⚠️ Select a country in order to include the full impact of transportation.The Eco-Score is an experimental score that summarizes the environmental impacts of food products.→ The Eco-Score was initially developped for France and it is being extended to other European countries. The Eco-Score formula is subject to change as it is regularly improved to make it more precise and better suited to each country.Life cycle analysis
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Average impact of products of the same category: C (Score: 42/100)
Category: Sugar and chocolate coated peanut
Category: Sugar and chocolate coated peanut
- PEF environmental score: 0.70 (the lower the score, the lower the impact)
- including impact on climate change: 9.72 kg CO2 eq/kg of product
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Bonuses and maluses
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Origins of ingredients with a medium impact
Bonus: +4
Environmental policy: +4
Transportation: 0
Origin of the product and/or its ingredients % of ingredients Impact Germany Medium Switzerland Medium
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Ingredients that threatens species
Malus: -10
Contains palm oil
Tropical forests in Asia, Africa and Latin America are destroyed to create and expand oil palm tree plantations. The deforestation contributes to climate change, and it endangers species such as the orangutan, the pigmy elephant and the Sumatran rhino.
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Packaging with a medium impact
Malus: -10
Shape Material Recycling instruction Impact Unknown Plastic High ⚠️ The information about the packaging of this product is not sufficiently precise (exact shapes and materials of all components of the packaging).⚠️ For a more precise calculation of the Eco-Score, you can modify the product page and add them.
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Eco-Score for this product
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Impact for this product: D (Score: 26/100)
Product: m&m - Mars - 250 Gramm
Life cycle analysis score: 42
Sum of bonuses and maluses: -16
Final score: 26/100
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Carbon footprint
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Equal to driving 5.0 km in a petrol car
972 g CO² per 100g of product
The carbon emission figure comes from ADEME's Agribalyse database, for the category: Sugar and chocolate coated peanut (Source: ADEME Agribalyse Database)
Stage Impact Agriculture
Processing
Packaging
Transportation
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Packaging
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Packaging with a medium impact
(Plastic)
Transportation
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Origins of ingredients
Origins of ingredients with a medium impact
Origin of the product and/or its ingredients % of ingredients Impact Germany Medium Switzerland Medium
Threatened species
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Contains palm oil
Drives deforestation and threatens species such as the orangutan
Tropical forests in Asia, Africa and Latin America are destroyed to create and expand oil palm tree plantations. The deforestation contributes to climate change, and it endangers species such as the orangutan, the pigmy elephant and the Sumatran rhino.
Data sources
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