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Is Sainsbury's Apple Rings ultra-processed?

Fruit based foods (prepared) Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Sainsbury's Apple Rings

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:

  • 2 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed fruit based foods (prepared)

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

Dried Apple, Preservative

Additives: E220 Sulphur dioxide

As written on the pack

Dried Apple, Preservative: Sulphur Dioxide.

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 8 fruit based foods (prepared)

From least to most processed, this one ranks 7th. 13% of the fruit based foods (prepared) 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 8 fruit based foods (prepared), least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 01894530, last edited 31 August 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.