Is Tesco Mixed Fruit With Cranberries & Apricots ultra-processed?

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:

Glucose
Glucose syrup

21 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score D

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

Sultanas (Sultanas, Sunflower Oill, Raisins, Raisins, Sunflower Oil (processing marker)), Cranberry 16% (Sugar (processing marker), Cranberry, Sunflower Oill, Dried Apricot 16%, Apricot, Rice Flour, Preservative (processing marker)), Citrus 8% (Glucose Syrup (ultra-processing marker), Orange Peel, Lemon Peel, Sugar (processing marker), Citric Acid, Preservative (processing marker))

Additives: E220 Sulphur dioxide , E330 Citric acid

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E220 Sulphur dioxide.

As written on the pack

Sultanas [Sultanas, Sunflower Oill, Raisins [Raisins, Sunflower Oil], Sweetened Dried Cranberry (16%) [Sugar, Cranberry, Sunflower Oill, Dried Apricot (16%) [Apricot, Rice Flour, Preservative (Sulphur Dioxide)], Citrus Peel (8%) [Glucose Syrup, Orange Peel, Lemon Peel, Sugar, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Preservative (Sulphur Dioxide)].

What makes it ultra-processed

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.
Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.

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.

E220 Sulphur dioxide Sulphur dioxide is a preservative and antioxidant used in dried fruit, wine and some drinks.
Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
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 399 dried fruits

From least to most processed, this one ranks 376th. 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 399 dried fruits, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5053526508067, last edited 29 September 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.