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Is Sainsbury's Bramley Apple Crumble ultra-processed?

500g Desserts Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Sainsbury's Bramley Apple Crumble

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:

  • 18 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed desserts

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

British Bramley Apple 40%, Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), British Bramley Apple Puree 13%, Sugar, Butter 6% (Cows' Milk), Demerara Sugar, Oats 2%, Sunflower Oil, Cornflour, Hoey 1%, Lemon Juice, Salt

As written on the pack

British Bramley Apple (40%), Fortified Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), British Bramley Apple Puree (13%), Sugar, Butter (6%)(Cows' Milk), Demerara Sugar, Oats (2%), Sunflower Oil, Cornflour, Hoey (1%), Lemon Juice, Salt.

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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

  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,246 desserts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 512th. 75% of the desserts 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 2,246 desserts, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 01721850, last edited 5 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.