Bassetts Allsorts Candy Licorice

Why Does This Score Highly Processed?

In our analysis, Bassetts Allsorts Candy Licorice scores Highly Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Processed Meats (Gelatine): Mechanically separated and reformed meats are UPF markers.
• Processed Fruit Products (Fat-Reduced Cocoa): Concentrates and extracts indicate significant processing.

Within Candy, this is among the less processed of the 21,778 products we've analyzed.

Processing classification reflects ingredient and additive analysis, not a judgment of any product's safety, quality, or healthfulness.

What These Ingredients Tell Us

We group Bassetts Allsorts Candy Licorice's ingredients into ingredient categories and note how each relates to food processing. The notes below describe the category, not this specific product's formulation.

Sugars & Natural SweetenersProcessing indicator

In this product: Sugar, Molasses, Glucose Syrup (Contains Sulphites), Caramel Sugar Syrup.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Vegetable Oils (Coconut, Palm Kernel, Sunflower In Varying Proportions).

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

Processed Vegetable ProductsProcessing indicator

In this product: Concentrated Vegetable Extract (Spirulina).

Extracts and powders indicate processing.