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Is Sainsbury's Reduced Sugar Fine Cut Marmalade ultra-processed?

Orange jams Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Sainsbury's Reduced Sugar Fine Cut Marmalade

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:

  • 11 ingredients
  • 4 additives

Less processed orange jams

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

Sugar, Water, Orange, Gelling Agent (Pectins), Concentrated Orange Juice, Acidity Regulators (Citric Acid), Sodium Citrates, Preservative (Potassium Sorbate)

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E440 Pectins

As written on the pack

Sugar, Water, Orange, Gelling Agent: Pectins; Concentrated Orange Juice, Acidity Regulators: Citric Acid, Sodium Citrates; Preservative: Potassium Sorbate. Total sugar content: 42g per 100g. Prepared with 37g of fruit per 100g.

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.

  • E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
  • Gelling agent Gelling agents such as pectin, gelatine or carrageenan set liquids into gels and stabilise textures.
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.

  • E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 36 orange jams

From least to most processed, this one ranks 21st. 94% of the orange jams 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 36 orange jams, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 01646016, last edited 21 April 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.