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Is Jacobs Aprikosmarmelad ultra-processed?

225 g Marmalades Sold in Sweden

Pack of Jacobs 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:

  • 12 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed marmalades

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, glukossirap, vatten, geleringsmedel (pektin), surhetsreglerande medel (citronsyra), konserveringsmedel (kaliumsorbat, från aprikoser, Enstaka kärntbitar från aprikoser kan förekomma .Framställd av 40 g frukt)

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E330 Citric acid , E440a Pectin

As written on the pack

Aprikoser, socker, glukossirap, vatten, geleringsmedel: pektin, surhetsreglerande medel: citronsyra, konserveringsmedel: kaliumsorbat. Kan innehålla svaveldioxid från torkade aprikoser. Enstaka kärntbitar från aprikoser kan förekomma .Framställd av 40 g frukt

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.

  • Gelling agent Gelling agents such as pectin, gelatine or carrageenan set liquids into gels and stabilise textures.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
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 55 marmalades

From least to most processed, this one ranks 38th. 87% of the marmalades 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 55 marmalades, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5708709102029, 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.