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Is Smucker's Uncrustables ultra-processed?

Club sandwiches Sold in the United States and France

Pack of Smucker's Uncrustables

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:

  • 29 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed sandwiches

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

wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, water, whole wheat flour, sugar, yeast, soybean oil, enzymes, ascorbic acid, calcium peroxide, peanuts, sugar, molasses, fully hydrogenated vegetable oils, rapeseed oil, soybean oil, mono- and diglycerides, salt, grape jelly, sugar, grape juice, pectin, citric acid, potassium sorbate

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E330 Citric acid , E440 Pectins , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E930 Calcium peroxide

As written on the pack

wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, water, unbleached whole wheat flour, sugar, yeast, soybean oil, enzymes, ascorbic acid, calcium peroxide, peanuts, sugar, molasses, fully hydrogenated vegetable oils, rapeseed oil, soybean oil, mono and diglycerides, salt, grape jelly, 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.

  • Hydrogenated oil Hydrogenation turns liquid oil into a solid fat that resists going rancid.
5 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.
  • 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 18 club sandwiches

From least to most processed, this one ranks 6th. 100% of the club 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 18 club sandwiches, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0051500050163, last edited 28 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.