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Is Pamela's Pantry Crispy Fruit Slices ultra-processed?

Biscuit filled with fruit paste Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Pamela's Pantry Crispy Fruit Slices

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:

  • 51 ingredients
  • 8 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

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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

Wheat Flour, raisins 22%, Sugar, forest fruit flavoured filling 8% (Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Sugar, Humectant (Glycerol), fruit purees 0.64% (Blackberry, Raspberry, Redcurrant), Wheat Bran, Dextrose, fruit concentrates 0.16% (Redcurrant, Raspberry), Oatmeal, Gelling Agent (Pectins), Acidity Regulators (Calcium Citrates), Sodium Citrates, Acid (Citric Acid), Flavourings), currants 7%, Vegetable Oils (Rapeseed Oil, Sunflower Oil, Palm Oil, Coconut Oil), Glucose Syrup, Rice Flour, Skimmed Milk Powder, Flavourings, Salt, Wheat Starch, Raising Agents (Sodium Carbonates), Diphosphates, Ammonium Carbonates, Invert Sugar Syrup, Acid (Citric Acid), Whey Powder, Egg, other gluten sources, soya, flavourings, preservatives

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E333 Calcium citrates , E422 Glycerol , E440 Pectins , E450 Diphosphates , E500 Sodium carbonates , E503 Ammonium carbonates

As written on the pack

Wheat Flour, RAISINS (22%), Sugar, FOREST FRUIT FLAVOURED FILLING (8%) [Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Sugar, Humectant: Glycerol; FRUIT PUREES (8%) (Blackberry, Raspberry, Redcurrant), Wheat Bran, Dextrose, FRUIT CONCENTRATES (2%) (Redcurrant, Raspberry), Oatmeal, Gelling Agent: Pectins; Acidity Regulators: Calcium Citrates, Sodium Citrates; Acid: Citric Acid; Flavourings], CURRANTS (7%), Vegetable Oils (Rapeseed Oil, Sunflower Oil, Palm Oil, Coconut Oil), Glucose Syrup, Rice Flour, Skimmed Milk Powder, Flavourings, Salt, Wheat Starch, Raising Agents: Sodium Carbonates, Diphosphates, Ammonium Carbonates; Invert Sugar Syrup, Acid: Citric Acid; Whey Powder (Milk), Pasteurised Egg. ALLERGY ADVICE: For allergens, see ingredients in bold. May also contain nuts, peanuts, other gluten sources and soya. No artificial colours, flavourings or preservatives.

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.

  • E422 Glycerol Glycerol is a sweet-tasting liquid used to keep products moist and soft.
  • E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Gelling agent Gelling agents such as pectin, gelatine or carrageenan set liquids into gels and stabilise textures.
  • Humectant Humectants are substances which prevent foods from drying out by counteracting the effect of an atmosphere having a low degree of humidity, or promote the dissolution of a powder in an aqueous medium.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
  • Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
7 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.

  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.
  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 18 biscuit filled with fruit paste

From least to most processed, this one ranks 12th. 100% of the biscuit filled with fruit paste 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 biscuit filled with fruit paste, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600247298, last edited 16 May 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.