Is Smuckers Jam Raspberry ultra-processed?

250 ML Raspberry jams Sold in Canada and France

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Glucose
E440 Pectins
E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

7 ingredients
3 additives
Nutri-Score E

Less processed raspberry jams

Organic Select Raspberry Fruit Spread Full Circle Market 3 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
raspberry jam Morans 2 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3

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

Sugars (processing marker) (sugar, glucose (ultra-processing marker)), Raspberries, Pectin (ultra-processing marker), Citric acid, mono- and diglycerides (ultra-processing marker)

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E440 Pectins , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

Sugars (sugar, glucose), Raspberries, Pectin, Citric acid, Mono and diglycerides

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.
E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.

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.

Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.

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 48 raspberry jams

From least to most processed, this one ranks 42nd. 96% of the raspberry 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 48 raspberry jams, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0051500025840, last edited 13 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.
NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of E (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.