Is Specially Selected Cranberry, Clementine, & Chestnut Stuffing ultra-processed?

130g Stuffing Sold in the United Kingdom and Switzerland

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Glucose
Fructose

40 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed stuffing

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

breadcrumb 50% (Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Salt (processing marker), Water, Yeast, ciabatta breadcrumbs 17%, Wheat flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Extra Virgin Olive Oil (processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Water, Yeast), cranberries 8% (Cranberries, Sugar (processing marker), Sunflower Oil (processing marker)), candied orange peel 8% (Orange Peel, Glucose-Fructose Syrup (ultra-processing marker), Sugar (processing marker), Citric Acid, Preservative (processing marker)), chestnuts 8%, Onion, Thyme, Marjoram, Dried Oregano, Dried Sage, Basil, Parsley, Natural Clementine Flavouring

Additives: E220 Sulphur dioxide , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

BREADCRUMB (50%) [Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Salt, Water, Yeast), CIABATTA BREADCRUMBS (17%) [Wheat flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Salt, Water, Yeast], SWEETENED DRIED CRANBERRIES (8%) (Dried Cranberries, Sugar, Sunflower Oil), CANDIED ORANGE PEEL (8%) (Orange Peel, Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Sugar, Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid; Preservative: Sulphur Dioxide), CHESTNUTS (8%), Toasted Kibbled Onion, Thyme, Marjoram, Dried Oregano, Dried Sage, Basil, Dried Parsley, Natural Clementine Flavouring.

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.

4 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.

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 20 stuffing

From least to most processed, this one ranks 17th. 35% of the stuffing 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 20 stuffing, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600217895, last edited 27 March 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.