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Is Asda mild chilli cooking sauce ultra-processed?

Cooking Sauces Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Asda mild chilli cooking sauce

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 21 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed cooking 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

tomato purée 46%, water, tomatoes (4), re kidney beans 10%, red peppers 4%, onions (36), modilied moe starch, sugar, spices acidity regulators, lactic acid ctric aoel s garlic purée, oregano, fat reduced cooa powder, chill powder no artificial colours, flavours, nydrogenated bat try me, love me if you are not 100% happy with your purchase neither are we-that's why we'l both replace& refund this item simply return to one of our stores or, cll us on (0800 952 0101 visit our website), asda.com packed

As written on the pack

tomato purée from concentrate (46%), water, tomatoes (4) re kidney beans (10%), red peppers (4%), onions (36) modilied moe starch, sugar, spices acidity regulators (lactic acid ctric aoel s garlic purée, oregano, fat reduced cooa powder, chill powder no artificial colours, flavours or nydrogenated bat try me, love me if you are not 100% happy with your purchase neither are we-that's why we'l both replace& refund this item simply return to one of our stores or, cll us on: 0800 952 0101 visit our website: asda.com packed

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.

  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
1 ingredient that would only make it processed

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

  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 36 cooking Sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 17th. 67% of the cooking 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 36 cooking Sauces, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5052449668780, 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.