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Is Tesco High Juice Apple Squash ultra-processed?

Apple juices Sold in the United Kingdom and France

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:

  • 12 ingredients
  • 5 additives

Less processed apple juices

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

Apple Juice From Concentre 50%, Water, Sugar, Malic Acid, Preservates (Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Metabisulphite), Flavouring, Antioxidant (Ascorbic Acid), Sweetener (Sucralose)

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E223 Sodium metabisulphite , E296 Malic acid , E300 Ascorbic acid , E955 Sucralose

As written on the pack

Apple Juice From Concentre (50%), Water, Sugar, Malic Acid, Preservates (Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Metabisulphite), Flavouring. Antioxidant (Ascorbic Acid), Sweetener (Sucralose). Allergy Advice

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.

  • E955 Sucralose Sucralose is a sweetener made by chlorinating sugar.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Sweetener Sweeteners give sweetness with few or no calories, many at hundreds of times the strength of sugar.
2 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.

  • E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 73 apple juices

From least to most processed, this one ranks 70th. 16% of the apple juices 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 73 apple juices, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5018374782342, last edited 17 March 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.