Is Aldi Bramley Apple Sauce ultra-processed?

270 g Applesauces Sold in the United Kingdom and Ireland

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Thickener
E440 Pectins

11 ingredients
4 additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed applesauces

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

bramley apple 70%, Sugar (processing marker), Water, Thickener (ultra-processing marker) (Pectins (ultra-processing marker)), Antioxidant (Ascorbic Acid), Preservative (processing marker) (Potassium Sorbate (processing marker)), Acid (Citric Acid)

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E300 Ascorbic acid , E330 Citric acid , E440 Pectins

As written on the pack

bramley apple (70%), Sugar, Water, Thickener: Pectins; Antioxidant: Ascorbic Acid; Preservative: Potassium Sorbate; Acid: Citric Acid.

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.

3 ingredients that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 36 applesauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 32nd. 33% of the applesauces here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 36 applesauces, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600186955, last edited 27 March 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of C (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.