Is Marks & Spencer Mediterranean orange Hugh juice ultra-processed?

Orange juices from concentrate Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Sweetener
E955 Sucralose

10 ingredients
4 additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed orange juices from concentrate

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

Orange Juice from Concentrate 50%, Water, Comminuted Orange from Concentrate 15%, Acid (Citric Acid Acidity Regulator), e331 Flavourings Preservative (e202 (processing marker)), e223, Sweetener (ultra-processing marker) (Sucralose (ultra-processing marker))

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E223 Sodium metabisulphite , E331 Sodium citrates , E955 Sucralose

As written on the pack

Orange Juice from Concentrate (50%). Water. Comminuted Orange from Concentrate (15%). Acid: Citric Acid Acidity Regulator: E331 Flavourings Preservative: E202, E223 (Sulphites). Sweetener: Sucralose.

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.

E955 Sucralose Sucralose is a sweetener made by chlorinating sugar.
Sweetener Sweeteners give sweetness with few or no calories, many at hundreds of times the strength of sugar.

1 ingredient 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 18 orange juices from concentrate

From least to most processed, this one ranks 17th. 28% of the orange juices from concentrate 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 18 orange juices from concentrate, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 29253449, 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.