Is Aldi (Bramwells) Light Mayonnaise ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 21 ingredients
- 6 additives
- Nutri-Score E
Less processed light mayonnaises
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Water, Rapeseed Oil 25%, Modified Potato Starch (ultra-processing marker), Sugar (processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Spirit Vinegar, Pasteurised Free Range Egg Yolk 1.5%, Mustard, Tarragon, Thickeners (ultra-processing marker) (Guar Gum (ultra-processing marker)), Xanthan Gum (ultra-processing marker), Mustard, Preservatives (processing marker) (Potassium Sorbate (processing marker)), Sodium Benzoate, Lemon Juice Concentrate, Flavouring (ultra-processing marker), Antioxidant (Calcium Disodium EDTA), Paprika Extract (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E202 Potassium sorbate , E211 Sodium benzoate , E385 Calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate , E412 Guar gum , E415 Xanthan gum
As written on the pack
Water, Rapeseed Oil (25%), Modified Potato Starch, Sugar, Salt, Spirit Vinegar, Pasteurised Free Range Egg Yolk (1.5%), Mustard Flour, Tarragon Extract, Thickeners: Guar Gum, Xanthan Gum, Mustard Powder, Preservatives: Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate, Lemon Juice Concentrate, Flavouring (contains Mustard), Antioxidant: Calcium Disodium EDTA, Paprika Extract
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.
- E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
- E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
- E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
- Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.
- 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.
5 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.
- E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
- Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Among 23 light mayonnaises
From least to most processed, this one ranks 20th. 91% of the light mayonnaises here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4061459700688, last edited 7 June 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.