Is Southern Grove Sweetened Dried Premium Mango ultra-processed?

Dried mangoes Sold in the United States

Pack of Southern Grove Sweetened Dried Premium Mango

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 4 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed dried mangoes

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

mango, sugar (processing marker), sodium metabisulfite (preservative (processing marker))

Additives: E223 Sodium metabisulphite

As written on the pack

MANGO SLICES, SUGAR, SODIUM METABISULFITE (PRESERVATIVE).

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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.

Preservation and traditional processing

Keep food safe or ferment it, like preservatives and cultures. A sign of processing, not ultra-processing.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 36 dried mangoes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 27th. 8% of the dried mangoes 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 36 dried mangoes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4099100139396, last edited 19 November 2025), 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.