Is it ultra-processed?
Menu

Is Marks & Spencer Bramley Apple Sauce ultra-processed?

Apple compotes Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Marks & Spencer Bramley Apple Sauce

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 9 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed apple compotes

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

Bramley Apples 70%, Water, Sugar, Cornflour, Maize Starch, Antioxidant (Ascorbic Acid), Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid)

Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Bramley Apples (70%), Water, Sugar, Cornflour, Fermented Maize Starch, Antioxidant: Ascorbic Acid, Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 50 apple compotes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 34th. 26% of the apple compotes 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 50 apple compotes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00610605, 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.