Is Eldorado Lingonsylt ultra-processed?

1.5 kg Lingonberries jams 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

12 ingredients
3 additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed berry 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

Lingon, vatten, socker (processing marker), förtjockningsmedel (ultra-processing marker) (pektin), konserveringsmedel (processing marker) (e202 (processing marker), e211), Fruktmängd (lingon per, Ursprung lingon), Se landskod på locket

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E211 Sodium benzoate , E440a Pectin

As written on the pack

Lingon, vatten, socker, förtjockningsmedel (pektin), konserveringsmedel (E202, E211). Fruktmängd: 35 g lingon per 100 g. Total mängd socker: 34 g per 100 g. Ursprung lingon: Se landskod på locket.

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 11 lingonberries jams

From least to most processed, this one ranks 5th. 91% of the lingonberries 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 11 lingonberries jams, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7311041015346, 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 C (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.