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Is Tesco Fruit & Seeds ultra-processed?

300g Dried fruits Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tesco Fruit & Seeds

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:

  • 14 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed dried fruits

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

Sunflower Seeds, Apricots (Apricots, Rice Flour, Preservative), Cranberries (Cranberries, Pineapple Juice from Concentrate, Sunflower Oil), Pumpkin Seeds, Blueberries (Blueberries, Concentrated Apple Juice, Sunflower Oil)

Additives: E220 Sulphur dioxide

As written on the pack

Sunflower Seeds, Dried Chopped Apricots [Apricots, Rice Flour, Preservative (Sulphur Dioxide)], Cranberries [Cranberries, Pineapple Juice from Concentrate, Sunflower Oil], Pumpkin Seeds, Blueberries [Blueberries, Concentrated Apple Juice, Sunflower Oil].

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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

  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

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 398 dried fruits

From least to most processed, this one ranks 308th. 16% of the dried fruits 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 398 dried fruits, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5057753521196, 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.