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Is Jaffa Ananas ultra-processed?

1.5 l Light fruit sodas Sold in Aland Islands and Finland

Pack of Jaffa Ananas

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:

  • 21 ingredients
  • 10 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed diet sodas

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

Vatten, ananas, och apelsinsaft av koncentrat, koldioxid, fruktsocker, surhetsreglerande medel (e330, e331), naturliga aromer, sötningsmedel (aspartam), antioxidationsmedel (e300), konserveringsmedel (e202), stabiliseringsmedel (e414, e412, e445), färg (e160)

Additives: E160 Carotenoids , E202 Potassium sorbate , E290 Carbon dioxide , E300 Ascorbic acid , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E412 Guar gum , E414 Acacia gum , E445 Glycerol esters of wood rosin , E951 Aspartame

As written on the pack

Vatten, ananas - och apelsinsaft av koncentrat, koldioxid, fruktsocker, surhetsreglerande medel (E330, E331), naturliga aromer, sötningsmedel (aspartam), antioxidationsmedel (E300), konserveringsmedel (E202), stabiliseringsmedel (E414, E412, E445), färg (E160).

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.

  • E160 Carotenoids A food additive authorised for industrial food production.
  • E290 Carbon dioxide 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.
  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • E414 Acacia gum Gum arabic (acacia gum) is the hardened sap of acacia trees, used to stabilise flavour emulsions in soft drinks and to coat sweets.
  • E445 Glycerol esters of wood rosin Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • E951 Aspartame Aspartame is a synthetic sweetener about 200 times sweeter than sugar, used in diet drinks and sugar-free products.
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  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Sweetener Sweeteners give sweetness with few or no calories, many at hundreds of times the strength of sugar.

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.

  • Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
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.
  • Sodas Products in the category "Sodas" are at least group 3.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 10 light fruit sodas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 10th. 100% of the light fruit sodas 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 10 light fruit sodas, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 6413600018308, last edited 27 August 2022), 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.