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Is ICA Ekologisk aprikosmarmelad ultra-processed?

Apricot jams Sold in Spain

Pack of ICA Ekologisk aprikosmarmelad

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:

  • 8 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed fruit 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

Aprikoser, socker", vatten, citronjuice, förtjockningsmedel (pektin), ", varav tillsatt socker 40g per 100g marmelad

Additives: E440a Pectin

As written on the pack

Aprikoser*, socker", vatten, citronjuice**, förtjockningsmedel (pektin). "KRAV-ekologisk ingrediens, **ekologisk ingrediens. Ursprung aprikoser: Spanien. Frukt - mängd: 50g per 100g. Total mängd socker 45g, varav tillsatt socker 40g per 100g marmelad.

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.
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 6th. 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 7318690151357, last edited 27 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.