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Is Sainsbury's Taste the Difference Morello cherry compote ultra-processed?

400g Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Sainsbury's Taste the Difference Morello cherry compote

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:

  • 7 ingredients
  • No additives

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Morello Cherries 66%, Sugar, Water, Cherry Juice, Corn Starch, Vanilla Extract, Lemon

As written on the pack

Morello Cherries (66%), Sugar, Water, Cherry Juice from Concentrate, Corn Starch, Vanilla Extract, Lemon Concentrate.

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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

  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00168403, 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.