Is Tesco ruby port mincemeat ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 33 ingredients
- 2 additives
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Vine Fruits 34% (Sultanas Raisins, Currants, Sugar (processing marker), Bramley Apple, Glucose-Fructose Syrup (ultra-processing marker), Glacé Cherries, Cherry, Glucose-Fructose Syrup (ultra-processing marker), Sugar (processing marker), Fruit and Vegetable Concentrates (Radish, Carrot, Cherry, Sweet Potato, Apple)), Ruby Port 3%, Brandy 3%, Palm Oil, Orange Peel, Treacle (ultra-processing marker), Preservative (processing marker), Acetic Acid, Lemon Peel, Sunflower Oil (processing marker), Cinnamon, Coriander, Citric Acid, Dill, Fennel, Clove, Ginger, Nutmeg
Additives: E260 Acetic acid , E330 Citric acid
As written on the pack
Vine Fruits (34%) [Sultanas Raisins, Currants), Sugar, Bramley Apple, Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Glacé Cherries (Cherry, Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Sugar, Fruit and Vegetable Concentrates (Radish, Carrot, Cherry, Sweet Potato, Apple)]. Ruby Port (3%), Brandy (3%), Palm Oil, Orange Peel, Treacle, Preservative (Acetic Acid, Lemon Peel, Sunflower Oil, Cinnamon, Coriander, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Dill, Fennel, Clove, Ginger, Nutmeg
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.
- Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
- Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
3 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.
- 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.
Among 61 cake mixes
From least to most processed, this one ranks 26th. 87% of the cake mixes here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5051399570259, last edited 21 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.
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.