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Mentos Mint

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Barcode: 87108132

Brands: Mentos, Perfetti Van Melle

Categories: Snacks, Sweet snacks, Confectioneries, Candies, Chewing gum

Labels, certifications, awards: Green Dot

Countries where sold: France

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Ingredients

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    20 ingredients

    sugar, glucose syrup, fully hydrogenated coconut oil, starch, natural mint flavourings, maltodextrin, thickeners (gellan gum, cellulose gum, gum arabic), emulsifier (sucrose esters of fatty acids), glazing agern beeswax), perfetti van melle benelux b,v,, p,o, box 3000, 4800 da breda, holland

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: E466 - Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose
    • Additive: E473 - Sucrose esters of fatty acids
    • Additive: E901 - White and yellow beeswax
    • Ingredient: Emulsifier
    • Ingredient: Flavouring
    • Ingredient: Glucose
    • Ingredient: Glucose syrup
    • Ingredient: Maltodextrin
    • 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

  • 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

  • E466 - Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose

    Carboxymethyl cellulose: Carboxymethyl cellulose -CMC- or cellulose gum or tylose powder is a cellulose derivative with carboxymethyl groups --CH2-COOH- bound to some of the hydroxyl groups of the glucopyranose monomers that make up the cellulose backbone. It is often used as its sodium salt, sodium carboxymethyl cellulose.
    Source: Wikipedia

  • E901 - White and yellow beeswax

    Beeswax: Beeswax -cera alba- is a natural wax produced by honey bees of the genus Apis. The wax is formed into "scales" by eight wax-producing glands in the abdominal segments of worker bees, which discard it in or at the hive. The hive workers collect and use it to form cells for honey storage and larval and pupal protection within the beehive. Chemically, beeswax consists mainly of esters of fatty acids and various long-chain alcohols. Beeswax has long-standing applications in human food and flavoring. For example, it is used as a glazing agent or as a light/heat source. It is edible, in the sense of having similar negligible toxicity to plant waxes, and is approved for food use in most countries and the European Union under the E number E901. However, the wax monoesters in beeswax are poorly hydrolysed in the guts of humans and other mammals, so they have insignificant nutritional value. Some birds, such as honeyguides, can digest beeswax. Beeswax is the main diet of wax moth larvae.
    Source: Wikipedia

Ingredients analysis

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    Palm oil content unknown

    Unrecognized ingredients: Glazing-agern-beeswax, Perfetti-van-melle-benelux-b, V, P, O, Box-3000, 4800-da-breda, Holland

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    Unrecognized ingredients: Glazing-agern-beeswax, Perfetti-van-melle-benelux-b, V, P, O, Box-3000, 4800-da-breda, Holland

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    Vegetarian status unknown

    Unrecognized ingredients: Glazing-agern-beeswax, Perfetti-van-melle-benelux-b, V, P, O, Box-3000, 4800-da-breda, Holland

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    en: sugar, glucose syrup, fully hydrogenated coconut oil, starch, natural mint flavourings, maltodextrin, thickeners (gellan gum, cellulose gum, gum arabic), emulsifier (sucrose esters of fatty acids), glazing agern beeswax, perfetti van melle benelux b, v, p, o, box 3000, 4800 da breda, holland
    1. sugar -> en:sugar - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 6.25 - percent_max: 100
    2. glucose syrup -> en:glucose-syrup - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 50
    3. fully hydrogenated coconut oil -> en:hydrogenated-coconut-oil - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - from_palm_oil: no - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 33.3333333333333
    4. starch -> en:starch - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 25
    5. natural mint flavourings -> en:natural-mint-flavouring - vegan: maybe - vegetarian: maybe - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 5
    6. maltodextrin -> en:maltodextrin - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 5
    7. thickeners -> en:thickener - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 5
      1. gellan gum -> en:e418 - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 5
      2. cellulose gum -> en:e466 - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 2.5
      3. gum arabic -> en:e414 - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 1.66666666666667
    8. emulsifier -> en:emulsifier - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 5
      1. sucrose esters of fatty acids -> en:e473 - vegan: maybe - vegetarian: maybe - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 5
    9. glazing agern beeswax -> en:glazing-agern-beeswax - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 5
    10. perfetti van melle benelux b -> en:perfetti-van-melle-benelux-b - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 5
    11. v -> en:v - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 5
    12. p -> en:p - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 5
    13. o -> en:o - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 5
    14. box 3000 -> en:box-3000 - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 5
    15. 4800 da breda -> en:4800-da-breda - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 5
    16. holland -> en:holland - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 5

Nutrition

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    Sugars in low quantity (3%)

    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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    Nutrition facts

    Nutrition facts As sold
    for 100 g / 100 ml     		Compared to: Chewing gum
    Energy 13 kj
    (3 kcal)     		-98%
    Fat 9 g +3,514%
    Saturated fat 0.5 g +236%
    Carbohydrates 5 g -92%
    Sugars 3 g -22%
    Fiber ?
    Proteins 0 g -100%
    Salt ?
    Fruits‚ vegetables‚ nuts and rapeseed‚ walnut and olive oils (estimate from ingredients list analysis) 0 %

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