Is Smash Foods Jam-Packed Bites ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 9 ingredients
- 1 additive
- Nutri-Score D
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
dates, sunflower butter, brown rice protein, oat flour, strawberry juice concentrate, chia seeds, sea salt (processing marker), vanilla powder, fruit pectin (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E440 Pectins
As written on the pack
DATES, SUNFLOWER BUTTER, BROWN RICE PROTEIN, OAT FLOUR, STRAWBERRY JUICE CONCENTRATE, CHIA SEEDS, SEA SALT, VANILLA POWDER, FRUIT PECTIN
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.
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.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0850055550261, last edited 20 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 D (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.