Is Welch's Collations aux Fruits ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 24 ingredients
- 6 additives
- Nutri-Score D
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Sugars (processing marker) (fruit puree (grape, peach, orange, strawberry, raspberry), corn syrup, sugar, concord grape juice), Modified corn starch (ultra-processing marker), Gelatin (ultra-processing marker), Citric acid (acidulant), Natural flavours (ultra-processing marker), Sodium citrate, Coconut oil (processing marker), Carnauba wax (ultra-processing marker), Natural colours (ultra-processing marker) (turmeric, annatto (ultra-processing marker), anthocyanins (ultra-processing marker), carrot juice, blueberry juice)
Additives: E160b Annatto , E163 Anthocyanins , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E428 Gelatine , E903 Carnauba wax
As written on the pack
Sugars (fruit puree [grape, peach, orange, strawberry, raspberry], corn syrup, sugar, concord grape juice from concentrate), Modified corn starch, Gelatin, Citric acid (acidulant), Natural flavours, Sodium citrate, Coconut oil, Carnauba wax, Natural colours (turmeric, annatto, anthocyanins, carrot juice concentrate, blueberry juice concentrate)
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.
- E160b Annatto 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.
- 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.
- E428 Gelatine Gelatine is a gelling agent made from collagen in animal skin and bones.
- E903 Carnauba wax Carnauba wax comes from the leaves of a Brazilian palm and gives sweets and coated chocolates their shine.
- Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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- Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary 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.
- Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0034856264606, last edited 25 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.