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Mentos
Mentos
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Barcode: 8935001722342 (EAN / EAN-13)
Brands: Mentos
Countries where sold: South Africa
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42 ingredients
mentos tutuo wwy mint flavour sweets, ingredients sugar, glucose syrup, hydrogenated vegetable oil (coconut), starch, thíckeners (gum arabic, gelan gum), flavourings, emusifier (sucrose esters of fatty acids), glazing agents (camauba wax, beeswax), store in a cool and dry place, south africa only: keep away from direct sunlight, for other sub saharan african markets oil, starch, thickeners (gum arabic, gellan gum), favours , emulsilier (sucrose essters and ony t000 vn 3mols trmsa of fatty acids), glazing agents (carnauba wax, place, keep away from direct sunlight, bonbons aromatisés menthe, ingrédients: sucre, ooule, 6paississants (gomme arabique, (sucroesters d'acides gras), agents d'enrobage o de plucose, huile de co cire de carnauba, cire d'aboile (esteres de sacarose de ácidos somserver au frais et dans un endroits abelhas), armazenar em um local fresco e seco nad mantier son 0lar direta
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: E473 - Sucrose esters of fatty acids
- Additive: E901 - White and yellow beeswax
- Additive: E903 - Carnauba wax
- Ingredient: Flavouring
- Ingredient: Glazing agent
- Ingredient: Glucose
- Ingredient: Glucose syrup
- Ingredient: Hydrogenated oil
- Ingredient: Thickener
Food products are classified into 4 groups according to their degree of processing:
- Unprocessed or minimally processed foods
- 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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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
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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
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E570 - Fatty acids
Fatty acid: In chemistry, particularly in biochemistry, a fatty acid is a carboxylic acid with a long aliphatic chain, which is either saturated or unsaturated. Most naturally occurring fatty acids have an unbranched chain of an even number of carbon atoms, from 4 to 28. Fatty acids are usually not found per se in organisms, but instead as three main classes of esters: triglycerides, phospholipids, and cholesterol esters. In any of these forms, fatty acids are both important dietary sources of fuel for animals and they are important structural components for cells.Source: Wikipedia
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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
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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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Palm oil content unknown
Unrecognized ingredients: Mentos-tutuo-wwy-mint-flavour-sweets, Ingredients-sugar, Gelan-gum, Emusifier, Camauba-wax, Store-in-a-cool-and-dry-place, Only, Keep-away-from-direct-sunlight, For-other-sub-saharan-african-markets-oil, Favours, Emulsilier, Sucrose-essters-and-ony-t000-vn-3mols-trmsa-of-fatty-acids, Place, Keep-away-from-direct-sunlight, Bonbons-aromatises-menthe, Ingredients, Sucre, Ooule, 6paississants, Gomme-arabique, Sucroesters-d-acides-gras, Agents-d-enrobage-o-de-plucose, Huile-de-co-cire-de-carnauba, Cire-d-aboile, Esteres-de-sacarose-de-acidos-somserver-au-frais-et-dans-un-endroits-abelhas, Armazenar-em-um-local-fresco-e-seco-nad-mantier-son-0lar-diretaSome ingredients could not be recognized.
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Non-vegan
Non-vegan ingredients: E901Some ingredients could not be recognized.
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Unrecognized ingredients: Mentos-tutuo-wwy-mint-flavour-sweets, Ingredients-sugar, Gelan-gum, Emusifier, Camauba-wax, Store-in-a-cool-and-dry-place, Only, Keep-away-from-direct-sunlight, For-other-sub-saharan-african-markets-oil, Favours, Emulsilier, Sucrose-essters-and-ony-t000-vn-3mols-trmsa-of-fatty-acids, Place, Keep-away-from-direct-sunlight, Bonbons-aromatises-menthe, Ingredients, Sucre, Ooule, 6paississants, Gomme-arabique, Sucroesters-d-acides-gras, Agents-d-enrobage-o-de-plucose, Huile-de-co-cire-de-carnauba, Cire-d-aboile, Esteres-de-sacarose-de-acidos-somserver-au-frais-et-dans-un-endroits-abelhas, Armazenar-em-um-local-fresco-e-seco-nad-mantier-son-0lar-diretaSome ingredients could not be recognized.
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Nutrition
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Nutrition facts
Nutrition facts As sold
for 100 g / 100 mlFat ? Saturated fat ? Carbohydrates ? Sugars ? Fiber ? Proteins ? Salt ? Fruits‚ vegetables‚ nuts and rapeseed‚ walnut and olive oils (estimate from ingredients list analysis) 6.034 %
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Eco-Score not computed - Unknown environmental impact
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Origin of the product and/or its ingredients % of ingredients Impact Unknown High South Africa High
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