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Is Nature's Finest Prunes in juice ultra-processed?

700 g Dried prunes Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Nature's Finest Prunes in juice

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:

  • 14 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed dried prunes

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

prunes (apple, grape, pineapple), juice (due to seasonal availability of ingredients, the juice may contain any, all and a combination of the listed juice varieties), antioxidant (ascorbic acid), acidity regulator (citric acid), preservative (potassium sorbate)

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E300 Ascorbic acid , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

pitted prunes, (apple, grape, pineapple) juice (from concentrate) (due to seasonal availability of ingredients, the juice may contain any, all or a combination of the listed juice varieties), antioxidant (ascorbic acid), acidity regulator (citric acid), preservative (potassium sorbate).

What makes it processed

Preservation and traditional processing

Keep food safe or ferment it, like preservatives and cultures. A sign of processing, not ultra-processing.

  • 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.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 22 dried prunes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 21st. 5% of the dried prunes 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 22 dried prunes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5010188000223, 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.