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Is Sambazon Frozen Scoopable Açaí ultra-processed?

Frozen fruits Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Sambazon Frozen Scoopable Açaí

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:

  • 14 ingredients
  • 6 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed frozen 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

Açaí " 63%, water, inverted cane sugar, tapioca syrup, vegetable glycerol, locust bean gum, guar gum, flavouring", sunflower lecithin, citric acid, fruit, vegetable juice with colouring properties (carrot, blueberry)

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid , E410 Locust bean gum , E412 Guar gum , E422 Glycerol

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E422 Glycerol.

As written on the pack

Açaí purée" (63%), water, inverted cane sugar syrup, tapioca syrup, stabilisers: vegetable glycerol, locust bean gum, guar gum, flavouring", emulsifier: sunflower lecithin, acidity regulator: citric acid, fruit and vegetable juice with colouring properties (carrot, blueberry) organic

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.

  • E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
  • E410 Locust bean gum Locust bean gum (carob gum) is a thickener and stabiliser from the seeds of the carob tree.
  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • E422 Glycerol Glycerol is a sweet-tasting liquid used to keep products moist and soft.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.

  • Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
1 ingredient that would only make it processed

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

  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 43 frozen fruits

From least to most processed, this one ranks 43rd. 5% of the frozen 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 43 frozen fruits, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0818411001710, last edited 8 September 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.