Is Baresa Passata With Basil ultra-processed?

500 g Tomato purées Sold in the United Kingdom and France

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt

5 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score B

Less processed tomato purées

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

DHE HAB ENS A FSC GB IE Tomato passata with basil Ingredients 98.6 % Tomatoes, Basil 1%, Sea Salt (processing marker), Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid)

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

DHE HAB ENS A FSC GB IE Tomato passata with basil Ingredients 98.6 % Tomatoes, 1% Freeze-Dried Basil, Sea Salt, Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid.

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 36 tomato purées

From least to most processed, this one ranks 34th. 3% of the tomato purées 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 tomato purées, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489763055, last edited 7 May 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.