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Is Batt’s Hot Peri Peri Sauce ultra-processed?

250g Hot sauces Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Batt’s Hot Peri Peri 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:

  • 18 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

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

hot peri peri chilli sauce ingredients water, rapeseed oil glucose-fructose syrup, onion, red chilli, acetic acid, salt, cayenne chilli, chilli, lemon comminute (lemon, sodium metabisulphite), modified potato starch preservative (potassium sorbate), birds eve chilli, xanthan gum, dried garlic, 2 storage instructions store in a cool, dry place

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E223 Sodium metabisulphite , E260 Acetic acid , E415 Xanthan gum

As written on the pack

hot peri peri chilli sauce ingredients water, rapeseed oil glucose-fructose syrup, onion purée, red chilli, acidity regulator: acetic acid, salt, cayenne chilli, chilli flakes, lemon comminute (lemon, preservative: sodium metabisulphite), modified potato starch preservative: potassium sorbate, birds eve chilli, stabiliser: xanthan gum, dried garlic, allergy advice for allergens, see ingredients in bold, 2 storage instructions store in a cool, dry place,

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.

  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
2 ingredients that would only make it processed

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

  • E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 184 hot sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 96th. 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 184 hot sauces, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489823889, last edited 12 August 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.