Is Tesco Coated raisins ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 23 ingredients
- 5 additives
- Nutri-Score E
Less processed raisins
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
yogurt coating 63% (sugar (processing marker), whey powder (ultra-processing marker), palm oil, coconut oil (processing marker), yogurt powder, emulsifier (ultra-processing marker) (soya lecithins (ultra-processing marker)), flavouring (ultra-processing marker), acidity regulator (citric acid)), raisins 35%, sugar (processing marker), sunflower oil (processing marker), tapioca starch (processing marker), glazing agents (ultra-processing marker) (acacia gum (ultra-processing marker), shellac (ultra-processing marker)), glucose syrup (ultra-processing marker), acidity regulator (citric acid), preservative (processing marker) (sorbic acid)
Additives: E200 Sorbic acid , E322 Lecithins , E330 Citric acid , E414 Acacia gum , E904 Shellac
As written on the pack
yogurt coating (63%) [sugar, whey powder (milk), palm oil, coconut oil, yogurt powder (milk), emulsifier (soya lecithins), flavouring, acidity regulator (citric acid)], raisins (35%), sugar, sunflower oil, tapioca starch, glazing agents (acacia gum, shellac), glucose syrup, acidity regulator (citric acid), preservative (sorbic 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.
- E414 Acacia gum Gum arabic (acacia gum) is the hardened sap of acacia trees, used to stabilise flavour emulsions in soft drinks and to coat sweets.
- E904 Shellac Shellac is a resin secreted by lac insects, used as a glazing agent on sweets, coated chocolates and fruit.
- Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
- Glazing agent Glazing agents, waxes and shellac for example, coat a surface to make it shiny or stop pieces sticking together.
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.
- Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
- Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
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.
- Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Among 51 raisins
From least to most processed, this one ranks 51st. 8% of the raisins here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5059512729300, 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 E (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.