Is Waitrose Fruit jellies ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 20 ingredients
- 6 additives
- Nutri-Score E
Less processed candies
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Sugar (processing marker), wheat glucose syrup (ultra-processing marker), water, fruit juices 2% (pear, lemon, orange, raspberry, blackcurrant, lime), pectin (ultra-processing marker), lactic acid, sodium lactate (ultra-processing marker), anthocyanins (ultra-processing marker), curcumin (ultra-processing marker), capsanthin (ultra-processing marker), flavourings (ultra-processing marker), plant concentrates (safflower, spirullina)
Additives: E100 Curcumin , E160c Paprika extract , E163 Anthocyanins , E270 Lactic acid , E325 Sodium lactate , E440 Pectins
As written on the pack
Sugar, wheat glucose syrup, water, concentrated fruit juices (2%) (pear, lemon, orange, raspberry, blackcurrant, lime), gelling agent (pectin), lactic acid, sodium lactate, colours (anthocyanins, curcumin, capsanthin), flavourings, plant concentrates (safflower, spirullina)
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.
- E100 Curcumin Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
- E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
- E163 Anthocyanins Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
- E325 Sodium lactate Antioxidants are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by oxidation, such as fat rancidity and colour changes.
- E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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.
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.
- Candies Products in the category "Candies" are at least group 3.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.
Among 486 candies
From least to most processed, this one ranks 319th. 96% of the candies here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000169550755, last edited 11 August 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.