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Is Old Mout Cider Berries & Cherries ultra-processed?

500ml Ciders Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Old Mout Cider Berries & Cherries

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:

  • 12 ingredients
  • 1 additive

Less processed ciders

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

water, apple juice, sugar, fruit juies fh acid aitric acid, colouring food (from carrot), natural flarounig try (cherry juice), lime juice, elderberry juice, blueberry juice, strawbery juie m sodium metabisulphite

Additives: E223 Sodium metabisulphite

As written on the pack

water, apple juice (from concentrate), sugar, fruit juies fh acid aitric acid, colouring food (concentrate from carrot), natural flarounig try: cherry juice, lime juice, elderberry juice, blueberry juice, strawbery juie m sodium metabisulphite.

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.
3 ingredients that would only make it processed

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

  • Alcoholic beverages Products in the category "Alcoholic beverages" are at least group 3.
  • Ciders Products in the category "Ciders" are at least group 3.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 22 ciders

From least to most processed, this one ranks 15th. 45% of the ciders 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 ciders, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5035766044635, 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.