Thiabendazole (E233)

No. Thiabendazole (E233) is not one of the markers Open Food Facts uses to classify a food as processed or ultra-processed, so on its own it doesn't raise a product's NOVA group.

What it is

A food additive authorised for industrial food production.

A product that contains it can still be ultra-processed for other reasons: 4 of the 5 products here that contain thiabendazole (E233) (80%) are in group 4 because of other ingredients or additives.

Where it turns up

Thiabendazole (E233) appears in 5 of the 40,000 products on this site (0%).

Products containing thiabendazole (E233)

How the NOVA classification works