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Frozen fruit: what's actually in it?

Frozen fruit in Singapore is a small shelf: single-fruit bags (mango, berries) that are one ingredient, mixed-fruit bags with a few acids for colour, and Sambazon's açaí packs — the one product on this page with added sugar and a hidden caffeine source. Stephen's own pack observation from 11 November 2026 is the reason the Sambazon panel is here: the SG-sold 4-pack lists guarana in its ingredients, and the word "caffeine" does not appear on the pack.

This page does not give a health score or a "best" pick. It shows the ingredient list as printed, with the country of manufacture as printed, and flags added sugar, allergens and additives.

The headline, in 30 seconds

Sambazon açaí is the hidden-caffeine example. The SG-sold 4-pack lists organic guarana extract in its ingredients; guarana is a caffeine source, and the word "caffeine" does not appear anywhere on the pack. It is also the site's caffeine-guide example.
Sambazon is the only panelled product with added sugar. Organic cane sugar is the second ingredient, and the source prints added sugars of 12 g per 100 g — all of its 12 g total sugars.
Plain frozen fruit is one ingredient. Dole mango chunks are mangos; Dole mixed berries are four berries and nothing else. Mixed fruit adds ascorbic, citric and malic acids to keep the colour.
Two different Sambazon fat figures exist (3.5 g per 100 g from USDA, 4 g from a US retailer) and two sodium figures (15 mg vs 10 mg). Both are stated; the table follows USDA and flags the retailer figure.
UK and US Sambazon packs differ. The UK scoopable açaí lists invert cane sugar syrup, tapioca syrup and stabilisers and no guarana; the US 4-pack lists guarana. Only the 4-pack form is panelled as the SG-relevant product, with Stephen's SG pack observation.

At a glance

Product	Pack size (as printed)	First ingredient	Country of manufacture (as printed)	Added sugar?
Sambazon Açaí Original Superfruit Packs, 4-pack	4 × 100g	Organic açaí puree	Brazil (açaí and sugar, per pack)	Yes — organic cane sugar (12 g added sugars per 100 g)
Dole Mixed Fruit (frozen)	not stated	Strawberries	not stated (US listing)	No added sugar (0 g added, as printed)
Dole Mixed Berries (frozen)	not stated	Strawberries	not stated (US listing)	No added sugar (0 g added, as printed)
Dole Mango Chunks (frozen)	not stated	Mangos	Peru (foodservice spec)	No added sugar

Panelled with verbatim lists: 4 products. Seen-but-not-verified: see the list below. No prices are shown: they change weekly and would go stale. This site compares ingredients only.

Panelled — Sambazon açaí (required panel)

Sambazon Açaí Original Superfruit Packs, 4 × 100 g — guarana listed, caffeine not named

Pack size: 4 × 100g · Made in: Brazil (açaí and sugar, per pack) (as printed)

Ingredients (US retailer ingredient sections (Harris Teeter, Fairway) + Stephen's SG pack observation, 11 November 2026): Organic Açaí Puree (Filtered Water, Organic Fair Trade Açaí), Organic Cane Sugar, Less than 0.2% of: Organic Sunflower Lecithin, Organic Guarana Extract, Citric Acid. Açaí puree and sugar from Brazil; 99% of agricultural ingredients Fair Trade Certified.

Stephen's pack observation (11 November 2026): the SG-sold Sambazon açaí 4-pack lists guarana in its ingredients. Guarana is a caffeine source, and the word "caffeine" does not appear on the pack — this is the hidden-caffeine example used in the site's caffeine guide. The US retailer lists agree with the SG pack on guarana; a UK listing for a different Sambazon format (scoopable tub) lists no guarana and is not panelled here. Organic cane sugar is the second ingredient, and the source prints added sugars of 12 g per 100 g. Country of manufacture: Brazil (açaí and sugar from Brazil, per pack) Guarana — a caffeine source; the word "caffeine" is not on the pack Added sugars: 12 g per 100 g (as printed) Organic, Fair Trade

Panelled — Dole frozen fruit

Dole Mixed Fruit (frozen)

Pack size: not stated · Made in: not stated (US listing) (as printed)

Ingredients (Open Food Facts (US entry) + Dole foodservice specification): Strawberries, Pineapple, Mango, Peaches, Ascorbic and Citric Acids (to promote color retention), Malic Acid, and Natural Flavors.

Flag: US Open Food Facts entry; the SG sale of this exact mixed-fruit bag was not verified in this pass. Four fruits plus three acids (ascorbic and citric to keep colour, malic acid) and natural flavours. No added sugar: the source prints 0 g added sugars. Country of manufacture: not stated Flag: US listing, SG sale not verified per variant Added sugars: 0 g (as printed)

Dole Mixed Berries (frozen)

Pack size: not stated · Made in: not stated (US listing) (as printed)

Ingredients (Dole foodservice specification (Van Eerden / Dot Foods sell sheet)): Strawberries, Blackberries, Blueberries, and Raspberries.

Flag: US foodservice specification; SG retail sale of this exact bag not verified. Four berries, nothing else — the simplest mixed-fruit list on the page. Per-serving nutrition (140 g) is in the per-serving table. Country of manufacture: not stated Flag: US foodservice spec, SG sale not verified per variant One line: four berries Added sugars: 0 g (as printed)

Dole Mango Chunks (frozen)

Pack size: not stated · Made in: Peru (foodservice spec) (as printed)

Ingredients (Dole foodservice specification (Syndigo sell sheet)): Mangos.

Flag: US foodservice specification; SG retail sale of this exact bag not verified. One ingredient. Per-serving nutrition (140 g cup) is in the per-serving table; no per-100 g panel was retrieved, so it is not in the sortable table. Country of manufacture: Peru (country of origin, per foodservice spec) Flag: US foodservice spec, SG sale not verified per variant One ingredient

Seen but not verified — do not panel until checked

Dole frozen single fruits (strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, peaches, pineapple) — the brand's frozen-fruit brochure lists them; no SG retail list was verified per fruit in this pass.
FairPrice frozen fruit range — listed in the frozen-food category; no ingredient sections retrieved in this pass.
Sambazon Unsweetened Açaí Packs and Sambazon Açaí Bites — the Bites have a full Open Food Facts list (açaí sorbet with tapioca syrup, cane syrup, erythritol and a chocolate coating), but SG sale was not verified, so neither is panelled as an SG product.
Sambazon Frozen Scoopable Açaí (UK tub) — a different format with a different list (açaí purée 63%, water, invert cane sugar syrup, tapioca syrup, stabilisers, no guarana); UK only, not panelled as an SG product.
Don Don Donki / iHerb frozen açaí and frozen fruit — not inventoried with verified lists in this pass.

Nutrition — what the numbers say

All figures in the sortable table are as sold, per 100 g / 100 ml. Click a column header to sort lowest-to-highest, click again for highest-to-lowest; "not stated" always sorts last, because a missing figure is not zero. Per-serving-only figures are in a separate table below and are never sorted against per-100 figures. No Nutri-Grade applies to these foods as non-drinks, except where a drink Nutri-Grade is officially printed — none is quoted or assigned here.

Salt and sodium: salt = sodium × 2.5. The table shows sodium as printed (in mg) with the salt equivalent in brackets. Where the source prints salt only, sodium is shown as salt ÷ 2.5 and flagged as derived. Sodium is not presented as salt, and salt is not presented as sodium.

Total vs added sugars: most Singapore packs list total sugars, not added sugars. A total-sugars figure is never labelled here as "added sugar". Where a source states an added-sugars figure separately, it is noted. The ingredient list remains the evidence for added sugar (sugar, glucose syrup, invert sugar syrup) versus naturally occurring sugars.

Open Food Facts is a community database and is flagged as secondary where used: the pack and the retailer nutrition section take precedence if they disagree. Figures marked "not stated" were not in the source retrieved; they are not estimated, borrowed from another variant, or copied across flavours.

Product	Energy	Protein	Total fat	Saturated fat	Carbohydrate	Sugars	Sodium (salt equiv.)
Sambazon Açaí Original Superfruit Packs	100 kcal	1 g	3.5 g	1 g	15 g	12 g	15 mg (salt 0.04 g)
Dole Mixed Fruit (frozen)	50 kcal	0.71 g	0 g	not stated	11.43 g	8.57 g	not stated

Per-serving figures only — quoted exactly as printed, not converted

Product	Serving as printed	Energy	Protein	Total fat	Saturated fat	Carbohydrate	Sugars	Sodium (salt equiv.)
Dole Mixed Berries (frozen)	1 cup (140 g)	80 kcal	1 g	0.5 g	0 g	17 g	10 g	0 mg (salt 0 g)
Dole Mango Chunks (frozen)	1 cup (140 g)	90 kcal	1 g	0.5 g	not stated	21 g	19 g	not stated

These rows are per serving, not per 100 g / 100 ml — do not compare them with the table above.

Observed numbers, no verdict: Sambazon lists 100 kcal per 100 g with 12 g sugars — all of them added sugars as printed — against Dole Mixed Fruit at 50 kcal and 8.57 g sugars with 0 g added. The Sambazon fat figure is conflicted (3.5 g USDA vs 4 g retailer) and its sodium figure is conflicted (15 mg USDA vs 10 mg retailer); the table follows USDA and flags both.

Seen but not verified (nutrition): no per-100 g nutrition panel was verified in this pass for Dole Mixed Berries or Dole Mango Chunks (per-serving figures only, in the separate table). No nutrition panel was verified for any seen-but-not-verified product.

How to read the label — the jargon, in plain English

Guarana: A South American seed that naturally contains caffeine. When a pack lists "guarana extract" it contains caffeine even if the word "caffeine" never appears — the Sambazon case on this page.
Açaí puree: Pulped açaí berries, usually diluted with filtered water in a frozen pack. The puree percentage (85% on some listings) is the share of the pack that is açaí puree.
Ascorbic acid / citric acid / malic acid: Acids added to cut fruit to keep its colour ("to promote color retention"). Ascorbic acid is vitamin C; they are not sweeteners.
Added sugars vs total sugars: Total sugars is everything sweet in the product; added sugars is the sugar put in during manufacture. Sambazon prints both: 12 g total, 12 g added — all of its sugar is added. Dole prints 0 g added.
IQF: Individually Quick Frozen — pieces frozen separately so they pour freely from the bag.

What this page is not

Not a health score, and not a "best" pick. Different products in this category are different products, and this page does not rank them.
Not a taste test, and not a price comparison. Prices change weekly; ingredients change less often, but still change.
Not complete. The products in seen-but-not-verified are not yet panelled, for the verification reasons given, not hidden.

Sources and method

Checked 12 November 2026 from: US retailer ingredient sections for Sambazon Original Superfruit Packs (Harris Teeter, Fairway Market — ingredients and per-100 g / per-serving nutrition) and USDA branded-foods data via NutritionValue (per-100 g nutrition, added sugars); Stephen's own SG pack observation, 11 November 2026 (guarana listed on the SG-sold Sambazon 4-pack; the word "caffeine" not on the pack); Open Food Facts US entry for Dole Mixed Fruit and UK entry for Sambazon Frozen Scoopable Açaí (read, not panelled); Dole foodservice specifications (Van Eerden / Dot Foods sell sheet for Mixed Berries; Syndigo sell sheet for Mango Halves/Chunks; Dole frozen-fruit brochure). Cold Storage publishes no ingredient list on any product page. Nutrition figures are standardised to per 100 g where the source gives per-100 figures; per-serving-only figures are labelled as such and are not converted; sugars are total sugars as printed, not added sugars, unless the source states added sugars; salt = sodium × 2.5. Where a full pack list could not be verified, the product is in seen-but-not-verified instead of being panelled.