Is Brunneby Hjortron Sylt ultra-processed?

425 g Cloudberries jams Sold in Sweden

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Preservative
Sugar
E202 Potassium sorbate

9 ingredients
4 additives
Nutri-Score D

Less processed jams

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

Hjortron 46%, socker (processing marker) 35%, vatten, syra (citronsyra), pektin, konserveringsmedel (processing marker) (e202 (processing marker), e211)

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E211 Sodium benzoate , E330 Citric acid , E440a Pectin

As written on the pack

Hjortron 46%, socker 35%, vatten, syra (citronsyra), pektin, konserveringsmedel (E202, E211).

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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

Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

Preservation and traditional processing

Keep food safe or ferment it, like preservatives and cultures. A sign of processing, not ultra-processing.

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 8 cloudberries jams

From least to most processed, this one ranks 3rd. 63% of the cloudberries jams 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 8 cloudberries jams, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7391603435256, last edited 2 April 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 D (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.