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Is Asda Tuna And Sweetcorn In Mayonnaise ultra-processed?

250 g Tunas Sold in the United Kingdom and Germany

Pack of Asda Tuna And Sweetcorn In Mayonnaise

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

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

Whole foods combined with:

  • 21 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed tunas

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

Mayonnaise (Water, Rapeseed Oil, Cornflour, Pasteurised Egg Yolk, Spirit Vinegar, Sugar, Salt, Lemon Juice from concentrate), Tuna 32% (Tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis), Water, Salt), Sweetcorn 30%, Sweetcorn, Salt, Sugar, Cornflour, Lemon Juice from concentrate, Black Pepper

As written on the pack

Mayonnaise [Water, Rapeseed Oil, Cornflour, Pasteurised Egg Yolk, Spirit Vinegar, Sugar, Salt, Lemon Juice from concentrate], Tuna (32%) [Tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) (Fish) (87%), Water, Salt], Sweetcorn (30%) [Sweetcorn, Salt), Sugar, Cornflour, Lemon Juice from concentrate, Black Pepper.

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

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.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 166 tunas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 127th. 23% of the tunas 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 166 tunas, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5054781673996, last edited 26 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.