Is Southern Grove Pitted Prunes Dried Plums ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 7 ingredients
- 1 additive
- Nutri-Score C
Less processed dried prunes
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
prunes (plums), potassium sorbate (processing marker) (as a preservative (processing marker)), caution (machine pitted, MAY CONTAIN PITS and PIT FRAGMENTS)
Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate
As written on the pack
PITTED PRUNES (DRIED PLUMS), POTASSIUM SORBATE (AS A PRESERVATIVE). CAUTION: MACHINE PITTED. MAY CONTAIN PITS OR PIT FRAGMENTS.
What makes it processed
Preservation and traditional processing
Keep food safe or ferment it, like preservatives and cultures. A sign of processing, not ultra-processing.
- 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.
- Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
Among 22 dried prunes
From least to most processed, this one ranks 20th. 5% of the dried prunes here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4099100146004, last edited 18 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 C (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.