Is Marks & Spencer Wonderfully British Blackcurrant Cordial ultra-processed?

500ml 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:

Flavouring

7 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score B

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Spring Water, bodice Juice from Concentrate 35%, Sugar (processing marker), Apple Juice from Concentrate 3%, Natural Flavourings (ultra-processing marker), Acid (Citric Acid)

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Spring Water, bodice Juice from Concentrate (35%) - Sugar, Apple Juice from Concentrate (3%), Natural Flavourings, Acid: Citric Acid. . .

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.

Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.

Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 29234417, 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 B (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.