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Fruits in syrup, from least to most processed

We track 37 fruits in syrup, 35% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Lychees.

What makes fruits in syrup ultra-processed

The signs of ultra-processing found most often, and the share of fruits in syrup that contain each:

Unprocessed or minimally processed (14)

  1. 1 Lychees Rewe · 560g 1
  2. 2 Pineapple Rings in syrup Del Monte · 435g 1
  3. 3 Peaches Wattie's · 410 g 1
  4. 4 Bartlett Halves Pears California Healthy Harvest · 425g 1
  5. 5 Yellow Cling Peach Slices Sweet Harvest · 15 oz 1
  6. 6 Ruby red grapefruit segments in fruit juice Sainsbury's 1
  7. 7 Pineapple Chunks in Juice Tesco · 425g 1
  8. 8 Peach Slices In Syrup Tesco · 410g 1
  9. 9 Peach Slices Asda · 411g 1
  10. 10 Mandarin Segments Aldi · 300 g (drained : 175 g) 1
  11. 11 Mandarin oranges Freshona · 452g 1
  12. 12 Pear Slices in Juice Woolworths · 410 g 1
  13. 13 Peach slices in juice Aldi · 411g 1
  14. 14 Peach in juice 13 g 1

Processed food (10)

  1. 15 Compot Apricots in Light Syrup Fresh & Easy · 425ml 3
  2. 16 Aprikoser i halvor i sockerlag Eldorado · 410 g (230 g) 3
  3. 17 Dark Sweet Cherries In Heavy Syrup Oregon Fruit Products · 15 oz (425 g) 3
  4. 18 Woolworths stoneless black cherries in syrup Woolworths 3
  5. 19 Fruit Mix in Extra Light Syrup Mission Pride · 425g 3
  6. 20 Peach slices in light syrup Lidl · 410g 3
  7. 21 Peach Slices in Light Syrup Everyday Essentials · 411 g 3
  8. 22 Mango Slices in Syrup Sainsbury’s · 425g 3
  9. 23 Lychees in light syrup Summer Pride · 425 g 3
  10. 24 Red Grapefruit In Extra Light Syrup Del Monte · 7 oz 3

Ultra-processed food (13)

  1. 25 Pears Oregon Trail · 425g 4
  2. 26 Sliced Peaches Del Monte · 425 g 4
  3. 27 Mandarin oranges in 100% fruit juice Del Monte Foods 4
  4. 28 Peach Halves in Grape Juice Freshona · 810g 4
  5. 29 Peaches Bettergoods 4
  6. 30 Dole Fruit In Juice, Peaches Pfirsich Dole · 113 g 4
  7. 31 Pear Halves in refined fruit juice Sainsbury's · 411g 4
  8. 32 Peach Slices in Light Syrup Summer Pride · 411g 4
  9. 33 Peach Slices Hubbards 4
  10. 34 Fruktcocktail Eldorado · 825 g 4
  11. 35 Cocktail cherries 4
  12. 36 Maraschino Cherries in Extra Heavy Syrup No Name · 375 mL 4
  13. 37 Peach Preserves Smucker's · 361 g 4

Within each group, products with fewer signs of ultra-processing, additives and ingredients come first. This ordering is ours, for comparison; it is not part of NOVA.