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Is Just bee Raw vitamin honey ultra-processed?

Honeys Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Just bee Raw vitamin honey

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:

  • 15 ingredients
  • 1 additive

Less processed honeys

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

Honey 96%, Ginger 2.4%, Ginger Extract 0.4%, Lemon Extract 0.4%, Natural Flavour, Colour (Plain Caramel), Echinacea, vitamins, vitamin C, Vitamin D, Vitamin B6, Vitamin B12 Nutritional Information (Typical Values per), Energy 1‚337kJ

Additives: E150a Plain caramel

As written on the pack

Pure Honey (96%), Ginger Puree (2.4%), Ginger Extract (0.4%), Lemon Extract (0.4%), Natural Flavour, Colour Plain Caramel, Echinacea, Vitamin C, Vitamin D, Vitamin B6, Vitamin B12 Nutritional Information: Typical Values per 100g: Energy 1,337kJ/

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.

  • E150a Plain caramel Plain caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars.
  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 157 honeys

From least to most processed, this one ranks 155th. 4% of the honeys 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 157 honeys, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060428120174, 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.