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Is Tesco Fine Cut Orange Marmalade ultra-processed?

Orange jams Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Tesco Fine Cut Orange Marmalade

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:

  • 14 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed orange jams

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

ingredients sugar, water, glucose-fructose syrup, oranges, orange juice from concentrate, gelling agent (pectin), acidity regulator (sodium citrate), citric acid, orange oil, colour (paprika extract), and nutriti r tablespoon

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E440 Pectins

As written on the pack

ingredients sugar, water, glucose-fructose syrup, oranges, orange juice from concentrate, gelling agent (pectin), acidity regulator (sodium citrate), citric acid, orange oil, colour (paprika extract). prepared with 20g of fruit per 100g. total sugar content 65g per 100g. suitable for vegetarians and vegans nutriti r tablespoon

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.

  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Gelling agent Gelling agents such as pectin, gelatine or carrageenan set liquids into gels and stabilise textures.

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 36 orange jams

From least to most processed, this one ranks 34th. 94% of the orange jams 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 orange jams, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5054269197938, last edited 14 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.