Is Trader Joe's Strawberry Preserves made with Fresh Strawberries ultra-processed?

17.5 oz (1 lb 1.5 oz) 496g Strawberry jams Sold in the United States and France

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

E440 Pectins

8 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score D

Less processed strawberry jams

Organic Reduced Sugar Strawberry Preserves Trader Joe's 5 ingredients · 1 additive NOVA group 3
Strawberry Jam Bonne Maman 2 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
Björkhimlen Jordgubbssylt Björkhimlen 2 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
Ekologisk Jordgubbssylt Torfolk Gård 6 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3

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

strawberries, liquid sugar (processing marker) (sugar, water), sugar (processing marker), CONTAINS 2% and LESS OF (lemon juice concentrate), fruit pectin (ultra-processing marker)

Additives: E440 Pectins

As written on the pack

STRAWBERRIES, LIQUID SUGAR (SUGAR, WATER), SUGAR, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: LEMON JUICE CONCENTRATE, FRUIT PECTIN.

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.

E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.

1 ingredient 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 85 strawberry jams

From least to most processed, this one ranks 13th. 95% of the strawberry jams 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 85 strawberry jams, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00877855, last edited 12 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.
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.