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Is Waitrose & Partners Apple & Pear Chutney ultra-processed?

315g Chutneys Sold in the United Kingdom and Jersey

Pack of Waitrose & Partners Apple & 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:

  • 23 ingredients
  • No additives

Less processed 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

Bramley apple 40%, sugar, pear purée 12%, dark brown sugar, onion, barley malt vinegar, treacle, sultanas 4% (sultanas, sunflower oil), salt, garlic purée, ginger, dried apple 0.5%, cinnamon, coriander seeds, caraway seeds, allspice, cloves, fennel seeds, ginger, nutmeg, turmeric

As written on the pack

Bramley apple (40%), sugar, pear purée (12%), dark brown sugar, onion, barley malt vinegar, treacle, sultanas (4%) (sultanas, sunflower oil), salt, garlic purée, ginger purée, dried apple (0.5%), cinnamon, coriander seeds, caraway seeds, allspice, cloves, fennel seeds, ginger, nutmeg, turmeric

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 56 chutneys

From least to most processed, this one ranks 39th. 41% of the 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 56 chutneys, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000169495056, last edited 27 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.