Is Tesco Finest Cranberry, Raisin & Cashew Bloomer ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 36 ingredients
- 4 additives
- Nutri-Score D
Less processed cranberries
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Cranberry 8% (Sugar (processing marker), Cranberry, Sunflower Oil (processing marker)), Raisins 8% (Raisins, Sunflower Oil (processing marker)), Pumpkin Seed, Cashew Nut 3%, Wheat Gluten (ultra-processing marker), Hazelnut Almonds, Butteroil, Skimmed Milk, Sugar (processing marker), Yeast, Salt (processing marker), Dextrose (ultra-processing marker), Glucose Syrup (ultra-processing marker), Semolina (Wheat), Milk Proteins (ultra-processing marker), Rapeseed Oll, Flavouring (ultra-processing marker), Stabiliser (Pentasodium Triphosphate (ultra-processing marker)), Flour Treatment Agent (Ascorbic Acid), Antioxidant (Tocopherol-Rich Extract)
Additives: E300 Ascorbic acid , E306 Tocopherol-rich extract , E451 Triphosphates , E451i Pentasodium triphosphate
As written on the pack
Wheat Flour [Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin], Water, Dried Cranberry (8%) [Sugar, Cranberry, Sunflower Oil], Raisins (8%) [Raisins, Sunflower Oil]. Pumpkin Seed, Cashew Nut (3%), Wheat Gluten. Hazelnut Almonds, Butteroil (Milk ), Dried Skimmed Milk. Sugar, Yeast, Salt, Dextrose, Glucose Syrup. Semolina (Wheat ). Milk Proteins. Rapeseed Oll. Flavouring. Stabiliser (Pentasodium Triphosphate), Flour Treatment Agent (Ascorbic Acid), Antioxidant (Tocopherol-Rich Extract).
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.
- E451 Triphosphates Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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.
- Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
- 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.
- Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
- Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
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.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
- Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.
Among 8 cranberries
From least to most processed, this one ranks 8th. 25% of the cranberries here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0282939002250, 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 D (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.