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Is Stockes Red Onion Marmalade ultra-processed?

265g Onion chutneys Sold in the United Kingdom and Germany

Pack of Stockes Red Onion Marmalade

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:

  • 12 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed plant-based spreads

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

Red Onion 50%, Sugar 30%, Cane Molasses 30%, Balsamic Vinegar of Modena 10%, Wine Vinegar, Cooked Grape Must, Red Wine Vinegar, Black Treacle, Sea Salt, Preservative (Sorbic Acid), Spice

Additives: E200 Sorbic acid

As written on the pack

Red Onion (50%), Sugar and Cane Molasses (30%), Balsamic Vinegar of Modena (10%) Wine Vinegar, Cooked Grape Must), Red Wine Vinegar, Black Treacle, Sea Salt, Preservative: Sorbic Acid, Spice.

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • 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 15 onion chutneys

From least to most processed, this one ranks 7th. 53% of the onion chutneys 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 15 onion chutneys, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060092692366, last edited 26 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.