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Is Fruit spread grape ultra-processed?

19 oz Jams Sold in the United States

Pack of Fruit spread grape

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 15 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

Sugar, grape juice (water, grape, contains 1% and less of fruit pectin, citric acid, artificial flavor, sodium benzoate, antifoam, caramel color, grape color (fd&c red no, 40, fd&c blue no, 1))

Additives: E150c Ammonia caramel , E211 Sodium benzoate , E330 Citric acid , E440 Pectins

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E150c Ammonia caramel, E440 Pectins.

As written on the pack

Sugar, grape juice (water, grape pulp), [contains 1% or less of fruit pectin, citric acid, artificial flavor, sodium benzoate, antifoam, caramel color, grape color (fd&c red no. 40, fd&c blue no. 1)].

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.

  • E150c Ammonia caramel Ammonia caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars with ammonia compounds.
  • E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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 323 jams

From least to most processed, this one ranks 278th. 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 323 jams, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0857361000367, last edited 17 April 2025), 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.