Is Aldi specialty selected pomodoro sauce ultra-processed?

350g Pasta sauces Sold in the United Kingdom

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Sugar
Vegetable oil

26 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score A

Less processed pasta sauces

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Tomatoes 66%, Plum Tomatoes 8%, Onion, Tomato Paste, Water, Cherry Tomatoes 3.5%, Rapeseed Oil, Olive Oil (processing marker) 2.5%, Tomato Paste 2% (Rapeseed Oil, Sundried Tomatoes (Tomatoes, Salt (processing marker)), Water, White Wine Vinegar, Dried Basil, Garlic, Black Pepper, Rosemary, Salt (processing marker)), Garlic Purée, Balsamic Vinegar, Sugar (processing marker), Basil, Salt (processing marker), Cracked Black Pepper

As written on the pack

Tomatoes (66%), Plum Tomatoes (8%), Onion, Tomato Paste, Water, Cherry Tomatoes (3.5%), Rapeseed Oil, Olive Oil (2.5%), Sundried Tomato Paste (2%) [Rapeseed Oil, Sundried Tomatoes (Tomatoes, Salt), Water, White Wine Vinegar, Dried Basil, Garlic Powder, Ground Black Pepper, Ground Rosemary, Salt], Garlic Purée, Balsamic Vinegar, Sugar, Basil, Salt, Cracked Black Pepper.

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 317 pasta sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 100th. 49% of the pasta sauces here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 317 pasta sauces, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4061462843235, last edited 27 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 A (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.