Is Hartleys Best Of Apricot ultra-processed?

300g Apricot jams Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

E440 Pectins

10 ingredients
1 additive

Less processed fruit jams

Tawny Orange Thick Cut Marmalade Wilkin & Sons Ltd. 2 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
Organic Reduced Sugar Strawberry Preserves Trader Joe's 5 ingredients · 1 additive NOVA group 3
Gunillas Apelsinmarmelad Önos 4 ingredients · 2 additives NOVA group 3
Ekologisk Hjortronsylt Torfolk Gård 4 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3

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 (processing marker), Apricots, Water, Geling Agent (Pectin (ultra-processing marker)), Acid (Gitt Acid), Acidity Regulator, Sodium Citrates Prepared with 40g of fruit per, Total sugar content 6lg per 100g his moduct mar contain taoments of trut tone

Additives: E440 Pectins

As written on the pack

Sugar, Apricots, Water, Geling Agent: Pectin, Acid: Gitt Acid, Acidity Regulator, Sodium Citrates Prepared with 40g of fruit per 100g, Total sugar content 6lg per 100g his moduct mar contain taoments of trut tone.

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.

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 16 apricot jams

From least to most processed, this one ranks 7th. 94% of the apricot 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 16 apricot jams, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060391624495, last edited 17 March 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
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The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.