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Is Sun Butter Jammies ultra-processed?

8 oz Sandwiches Sold in Sweden

Pack of Sun Butter Jammies

Yes, it's ultra-processed

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

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 30 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed sandwiches

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

Whole wheat bread (whole wheat flour, water, sugar, wheat gluten, yeast, molasses, soybean, canola oil, salt, soy lecithin, wheat starch, wheat flour, vinegar, oats, oat fiber, cracked wheat, ascorbic acid, enzymes), sunflower seed butter (sunflower seed, sugar, mono- and diglycerides, salt), strawberry jelly (strawberry juice concentrate, cane sugar, fruit pectin, ascorbic acid, citric acid)

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid , E440 Pectins , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

Whole wheat bread (whole wheat flour, water, sugar, wheat gluten, yeast, molasses, soybean and/or canola oil, salt, soy lecithin, wheat starch, cultured wheat flour, vinegar, steel cut oats, oat fiber, cracked wheat, ascorbic acid, enzymes), sunflower seed butter (sunflower seed, sugar, mono & diglycerides, salt), strawberry jelly (strawberry juice concentrate, organic cane sugar, fruit pectin, ascorbic acid, citric acid).

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.

  • E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
  • 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.

  • Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Sandwiches Products in the category "Sandwiches" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 324 sandwiches

From least to most processed, this one ranks 216th. 82% of the sandwiches 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 324 sandwiches, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0737539200075, last edited 2 April 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.