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Is Tesco Spiced apple and pear chutney ultra-processed?

220g Fruit chutneys Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tesco Spiced apple and pear chutney

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:

  • 19 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed fruit chutneys

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

sugar, apple 29%, pear 11%, onion, cider vinegar, spirit vinegar, sultanas, treacle, ginger, salt, dried apple, garlic purée, cinnamon powder, dried onion, ginger powder, allspice, sunflower oil, storage store in a cool, dry place

As written on the pack

sugar, apple (29%), pear (11%), onion, cider vinegar, spirit vinegar, sultanas, treacle, ginger purée, salt, dried apple, garlic purée, cinnamon powder, dried onion, ginger powder, allspice, sunflower oil. suitable for vegans storage store in a cool, dry place.

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.

  • Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • 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 31 fruit chutneys

From least to most processed, this one ranks 23rd. 29% of the fruit chutneys 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 31 fruit chutneys, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5057753913991, last edited 26 July 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.