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Is Ocean Spray Dried Cranberries ultra-processed?

6 oz (170g) Dried cranberries Sold in the United States

Pack of Ocean Spray Dried Cranberries

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:

  • 7 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed dried cranberries

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

Cranberries, sugar, cherry juice, citric acid, natural flavor, elderberry juice concentrate (for color)

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Cranberries, sugar, cherry juice concentrate, citric acid, natural flavor, elderberry juice concentrate (for color).

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.

  • 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.
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

Among 24 dried cranberries

From least to most processed, this one ranks 22nd. 25% of the dried cranberries 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 24 dried cranberries, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0031200002310, last edited 26 September 2025), 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.