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Is Sainsbury's taste the difference Blackcurrant Preserve ultra-processed?

340 g Blackcurrant jams Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Sainsbury's taste the difference Blackcurrant Preserve

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:

  • 24 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed berry 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

Potatoes, Vegetable Oil (Sunflower Vegetable Oil, Rapeseed Vegetable Oil), Sugar, Salt, Rice Flour, Dried Garlic, Dried Onions, Spices (Coriander, Ginger, Star Anise, Cumin), Dried Tomatoes, Citric Acid, Yeast, Chillies, Capsicum Extract, Chilli, Paprika Extract, Natural Flavouring, Herb Extract, Dried Oregano

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Potatoes, Vegetable Oil (Sunflower/Rapeseed), Sugar, Salt, Rice Flour, Dried Garlic, Dried Onions, Ground Spices (Coriander, Ginger, Star Anise, Cumin), Dried Tomatoes, Acid: Citric Acid, Dried Yeast Extract, Dried Chillies, Capsicum Extract, Chilli Extract, Natural Colour: Paprika Extract, Natural Flavouring, Herb Extract, Dried Oregano

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.

  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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.

  • 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 8 blackcurrant jams

From least to most processed, this one ranks 5th. 100% of the blackcurrant 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 8 blackcurrant jams, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00030182, 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.