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Is Bachan’s Japanese Dipping Sauce Sweet ultra-processed?

16 oz Hot sauces Sold in the United States

Pack of Bachan’s Japanese Dipping Sauce Sweet

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:

  • 28 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed hot 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

Cane Sugar, Sesame Paste, Non-GMO Soy Sauce (Water, Soybeans, Wheat, Salt), Rice Vinegar, White Miso (Rice, Filtered Water, Non-GMO Soybeans, Sea Salt), Red Habanero Puree (Red Habanero Peppers, Salt, Vinegar), Sesame Seeds, Sesame Oil, Ginger, Mirin (Water, Rice, Koji, Sea Salt), Garlic, Tomato Paste, Sea Salt

As written on the pack

Cane Sugar, Sesame Paste, Non-GMO Soy Sauce (Water, Soybeans, Wheat, Salt), Organic Rice Vinegar, White Miso (Rice, Filtered Water, Non-GMO Soybeans, Sea Salt), Red Habanero Puree (Red Habanero Peppers, Salt, Vinegar), Crushed Sesame Seeds, Organic Toasted Sesame Oil, Organic Ginger, Mirin (Water, Rice, Koji Seed, Sea Salt), Organic Garlic, Tomato Paste, Sea Salt

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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 185 hot sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 46th. 70% of the hot 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 185 hot sauces, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0850006883660, last edited 2 October 2025), 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.