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Is Asda Apple sauce ultra-processed?

Applesauces Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Asda Apple sauce

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 15 ingredients
  • 5 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

Sugar, Water, Modified Maize Starch, Bramley Apples 68%, Bramley Apples, Preservative (Sodium Metabisulphite), Acidity Regulators (Citric Acid, Sodium Citrates), Stabilisers (Guar Gum, Xanthan Gum), Antioxidant (Ascorbic Acid)

Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E412 Guar gum , E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

Sugar (contains Sulphites), Water, Modified Maize Starch (contains Sulphites), Bramley Apples (68%) [Bramley Apples, Preservative (Sodium Metabisulphite) Acidity Regulators (Citric Acid, Sodium Citrates), Stabilisers (Guar Gum, Xanthan Gum), Antioxidant (Ascorbic 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.

  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.
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.

  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 36 applesauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 35th. 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 5057172101719, 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.