Sriracha sauces, from least to most processed

We track 21 sriracha sauces, 71% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Sriracha chilli sauce.

What makes sriracha sauces ultra-processed

The signs of ultra-processing found most often, and the share of sriracha sauces that contain each:

Processed food (6)

  1. 1 Sriracha chilli sauce Sauce Shop · 260g NOVA group 3
  2. 2 Blue Agave Sriracha Yellow Bird · 62g NOVA group 3
  3. 3 Sriracha Hot Sauce Dr. Will's NOVA group 3
  4. 4 Sriracha Dr. Will’s · 525 g NOVA group 3
  5. 5 Smoked Sriracha Eaten Alive · 150ml NOVA group 3
  6. 6 Sriracha all natural hot sauce NOVA group 3

Ultra-processed food (15)

  1. 7 Sriracha Chilisås Skånsk chili · 250ml NOVA group 4
  2. 8 Sriracha Hot Chilli Sauce Tesco NOVA group 4
  3. 9 Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce Huy Fong Foods · 793g NOVA group 4
  4. 10 Sriracha Hot Chill Sauce Uni-Eagle · 430ml NOVA group 4
  5. 11 Sriracha Sauce/Salsa Sriracha (57800) Sky Valley NOVA group 4
  6. 12 Taste of Asia Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce Exotic Food Public Company Ltd NOVA group 4
  7. 13 Sriracha chili sauce ICA Asia · 450ml NOVA group 4
  8. 14 Sriracha Sauce Spicefield · 435 ml NOVA group 4
  9. 15 Asien Sriracha Coop · 455 ml NOVA group 4
  10. 16 Sriracha Mayo Type Sauce Flying Goose Brand · 730ml NOVA group 4
  11. 17 Sriracha Chilli Sauce Bang Bang NOVA group 4
  12. 18 Bulliard's Sriracha Chili Sauce Bulliard's · 17oz/482g/435ml NOVA group 4
  13. 19 Taste of Thailand Lidl · 455ml NOVA group 4
  14. 20 Sirarcha mayo sauce Uni-Eagle · 430ml NOVA group 4
  15. 21 Sriracha Hot Chilli Sauce Thai Dragon · 455 ml NOVA group 4

Within each group, products with fewer signs of ultra-processing, additives and ingredients come first. This ordering is ours, for comparison; it is not part of NOVA.