Is Smuckers Uncrustables Peanut Butter & Strawberry Jam Sandwich ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 38 ingredients
- 6 additives
- Nutri-Score E
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
bread (processing marker) (flour, wheat flour), malted barley flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, water, whole wheat flour, sugar (processing marker), yeast, soybean oil (processing marker), CONTAINS 2% and LESS OF (salt (processing marker)), dough conditioner (enzymes, ascorbic acid, calcium peroxide), peanut butter, sugar (processing marker), CONTAINS 2% and LESS OF, fully hydrogenated vegetable oils (rapeseed, soybean), mono- and DIGLYCERIDES (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker), strawberry jam (sugar (processing marker)), strawberries, CONTAINS 2% and LESS OF (pectin (ultra-processing marker)), citric acid, potassium sorbate (processing marker) (preservative (processing marker)), ingredients, ingredients
Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E300 Ascorbic acid , E330 Citric acid , E440 Pectins , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E930 Calcium peroxide
As written on the pack
BREAD: ENRICHED UNBLEACHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, UNBLEACHED WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, SUGAR, YEAST, SOYBEAN OIL, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: SALT, DOUGH CONDITIONER (ENZYMES, ASCORBIC ACID, CALCIUM PEROXIDE). PEANUT BUTTER: PEANUTS, SUGAR, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: MOLASSES, FULLY HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE OILS (RAPESEED AND SOYBEAN), MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, SALT. STRAWBERRY JAM: SUGAR, STRAWBERRIES, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: PECTIN, CITRIC ACID, POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVATIVE). CONTAINS PEANUT AND WHEAT INGREDIENTS. MAY CONTAIN HAZELNUT AND MILK INGREDIENTS.
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.
- Hydrogenated oil Hydrogenation turns liquid oil into a solid fat that resists going rancid.
7 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.
- Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
- Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
- 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.
- Bread An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0051500825631, last edited 8 June 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.