Is BOB Röd vinbärsgelé ultra-processed?

450 g Fruit jellies Sold in Sweden

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Thickener

9 ingredients
3 additives
Nutri-Score D

Less processed fruit jellies

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

Socker (processing marker), röd vinbärsjuice, förtjockningsmedel (ultra-processing marker) (pektin), syra (citronsyra), konserveringsmedel (processing marker) (kaliumsorbat (processing marker)), gelé innehåller 44g juice

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E330 Citric acid , E440a Pectin

As written on the pack

Socker, röd vinbärsjuice, förtjockningsmedel (pektin), syra (citronsyra) och konserveringsmedel (kaliumsorbat). 100g gelé innehåller 44g juice.

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.

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 16 fruit jellies

From least to most processed, this one ranks 4th. 88% of the fruit jellies 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 16 fruit jellies, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7310090647126, last edited 4 July 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
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 D (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.