Is Simple truth Cranberries and cherries trail mix ultra-processed?

16 oz Dried fruits Sold in the United States

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Sugar
Vegetable oil

15 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score D

Less processed dried fruits

Raisins Sun-Maid 1 ingredient · no additives NOVA group 1
Organic Sun-Dried Dates Pitted Deglet Nour Sunny Fruit 1 ingredient · no additives NOVA group 1
Organic Raisins Sun-Maid 1 ingredient · no additives NOVA group 1
Freeze Dried Strawberries unsweetened & unsulfured Trader Joe's 1 ingredient · no additives NOVA group 1

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

cranberries (cranberries, sugar (processing marker), sunflower oil (processing marker)), cherries (cherries, sugar (processing marker)), almonds, cashews, pecans, vegetable oil (processing marker) (peanut oil, cottonseed oil, sunflower oil), sea salt (processing marker)

As written on the pack

Dried cranberries (cranberries, sugar, sunflower oil), dried cherries (cherries, sugar), almonds, cashews, pecans, vegetable oil (peanut oil, cottonseed oil, sunflower oil), sea salt.

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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 399 dried fruits

From least to most processed, this one ranks 228th. 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 399 dried fruits, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0011110636584, last edited 7 May 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.