Is Coop Rårörda lingon ultra-processed?

340 g Fruit and vegetable preserves 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:

Gelling agent
E440 Pectins

7 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score D

Less processed fruit and vegetable preserves

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

Lingon, rörsocker (processing marker), vatten, geleringsmedel (ultra-processing marker) (e440 (ultra-processing marker), pektin (ultra-processing marker)), märkningen verifieras av KIWA

Additives: E440 Pectins , E440a Pectin

As written on the pack

Lingon* (Kina, Sverige), rörsocker, vatten, geleringsmedel (E 440, pektin).*KRAV-ekologisk ingrediens. KRAV-märkningen verifieras av KIWA. Fruktmängd: 50 g per 100 g.

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.
Gelling agent Gelling agents such as pectin, gelatine or carrageenan set liquids into gels and stabilise textures.

1 ingredient that would only make it processed

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 377 fruit and vegetable preserves

From least to most processed, this one ranks 244th. 89% of the fruit and vegetable preserves 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 377 fruit and vegetable preserves, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7340011477907, 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.