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Is Smucker's Peanut Butter & Grape Jelly Sandwich ultra-processed?

2.6 oz Sandwiches Sold in the United States and France

Pack of Smucker's Peanut Butter & Grape Jelly Sandwich

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:

  • 36 ingredients
  • 7 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

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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

peanuts, sugar, molasses, fully hydrogenated vegetable oils (RAPESEED oil, SOYBEAN oil), mono- and DIGLYCERIDES, salt, whole wheat flour, flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thamin monontrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, sugar, yeast, wheat gluten, soybean oil, salt, dough conditioners (mono- and DIGLYCERIDES, sodium stearoyl lactylate, datem, enzymes (wheat starch, ascorbic acid, calcium peroxide)), sugar, grape juice, pectin, citric acid, potassium sorbate

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E300 Ascorbic acid , E330 Citric acid , E440 Pectins , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E472e Mono- and diacetyltartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E481 Sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: Hydrogenated oil.

As written on the pack

PEANUTS, SUGAR, MOLASSES, FULLY HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE OILS (FULLY HYDROGENATED RAPESEED oil AND FULLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN oil), MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, SALT, UNBLEACHED WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, ENRICHED UNBLEACHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE, THAMIN MONONTRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, SUGAR, YEAST, WHEAT GLUTEN, SOYBEAN OIL, SALT, DOUGH CONDITIONERS (DISTILLED MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, DATEM, ENZYMES [WHEAT STARCH, ASCORBIC ACID, CALCIUM PEROXIDE]).SUGAR, GRAPE JUICE, PECTIN, CITRIC ACID, POTASSIUM SORBATE

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.

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.

  • Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
  • Hydrogenated oil Hydrogenation turns liquid oil into a solid fat that resists going rancid.
  • Rapeseed oil An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
  • Soya oil An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
6 ingredients that would only make it processed

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

  • E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Sandwiches Products in the category "Sandwiches" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 324 sandwiches

From least to most processed, this one ranks 286th. 82% of the sandwiches 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 324 sandwiches, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0051500069608, last edited 15 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.