Is Tesco Mixed Fruit & Nut ultra-processed?

25 g Mixed dried fruits Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
E322 Lecithins
E414 Acacia gum

18 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score D

Less processed mixed 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

Almonds, Cashew Nut, Juice Infused Dried Cranberries (Cranberry, Pineapple Juice from Concentrate, Sunflower Oil (processing marker)), Dark Chocolate (Cocoa Mass, Sugar (processing marker), Cocoa Butler, Soya Lecithins (ultra-processing marker), Vanilla Flavouring (ultra-processing marker)), Raisins (Raisins, Sunflower Oil (processing marker)), Acacia Gum (ultra-processing marker), Maize Protein, Milk

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E414 Acacia gum

As written on the pack

Almonds, Cashew Nut, Juice Infused Dried Cranberries [Cranberry, Pineapple Juice from Concentrate, Sunflower Oil], Dark Chocolate [Cocoa Mass**, Sugar, Cocoa Butler, Emulsifier (Soya Lecithins), Vanilla Flavouring], Raisins [Raisins, Sunflower Oil], Glazing Agent (Acacia Gum, Maize Protein), Milk.

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.
Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.

Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 19 mixed dried fruits

From least to most processed, this one ranks 18th. 11% of the mixed 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 19 mixed dried fruits, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5059512735349, last edited 14 August 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.