Is ICA Extra Fin Sylt Blåbär ultra-processed?

400g Blueberry 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
E440 Pectins

8 ingredients
2 additives

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

Blåbär 55%, vatten, socker (processing marker) 20%, citronjuice, förtjockningsmedel (ultra-processing marker) (e440 (ultra-processing marker)), konserveringsmedel (processing marker) (e202 (processing marker))

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E440 Pectins

As written on the pack

Blåbär 55%, vatten, socker 20%, citronjuice, förtjockningsmedel (E440), konserveringsmedel (E202).

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.
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 8 blueberry jams

From least to most processed, this one ranks 8th. 100% of the blueberry 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 8 blueberry jams, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7318690146483, last edited 29 July 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.
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.