Is Den Gamle Fabrik Apelsin & morot marmelad ultra-processed?

380 g Jams Sold in France

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Sugar
E202 Potassium sorbate

13 ingredients
3 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

Socker (processing marker), apelsin 18%, morot 17%, vatten, syra (citronsyra, askorbinsyrá), förtjockningsmede! (pektin, frúktkärnmjöl), konserverings medel (kaliumsorbat (processing marker)), Innehaller 35 g frukt per

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

As written on the pack

Socker, apelsin (18%), morot (17%), vatten, syra (citronsyra, askorbinsyrá), förtjockningsmede! (pektin, frúktkärnmjöl), konserverings medel (kaliumsorbat). Innehaller 35 g frukt per 100 g.

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 322 jams

From least to most processed, this one ranks 28th. 90% of the 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 322 jams, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5701211013067, last edited 20 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 D (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.