Is Sainsbury's Mixed Dried Fruit ultra-processed?

500g Dried fruits Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Glucose
Fructose

11 ingredients
1 additive

Less processed dried fruits

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

Sultanas 50%, Raisins 18%, Currants 18%, Mixed Peel 14% (Glucose-Fructose Syrup (ultra-processing marker), Orange Peel, Lemin Peel, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Salt (processing marker)), High Oleic Sunflower Oil (processing marker)

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Sultanas (50%), Raisins (18%), Currants (18%), Candied Mixed Peel (14%) (Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Orange Peel, Lemin Peel, Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid, Salt), High Oleic Sunflower Oil.

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.

2 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.

Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 398 dried fruits

From least to most processed, this one ranks 371st. 16% of the dried fruits 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 398 dried fruits, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00053334, 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.