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Is Batts Lighter Than Light Mayonnaise ultra-processed?

Light mayonnaises Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Batts Lighter Than Light Mayonnaise

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:

  • 31 ingredients
  • 7 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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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

Water, Spirit Vinegar, Modified Maize Starch, Sugar, Egg Mix 4% (Free Range Egg, Free Range Egg Yolk, Salt), Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Cream (Cream, Whey Powder, Skimmed Milk Powder, Stabiliser (Diphosphates), Antioxidant (Fay Acid Esters of Ascorbic Acid)), Citrus Fibre (Citrus Fibre, Sugar), Colours (Titanium Dioxide), Carotenes, Stabiliser (Xanthan Gum), Preservative (Potassium Sorbate), Concentrated Lemon Juice, Antioxidant (Calcium Disodium EDTA)

Additives: E160a Carotene , E171 Titanium dioxide , E202 Potassium sorbate , E300 Ascorbic acid , E385 Calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate , E415 Xanthan gum , E450 Diphosphates

As written on the pack

Water, Spirit Vinegar, Modified Maize Starch, Sugar, 4% Egg Mix (Free Range Egg, Free Range Egg Yolk, Salt), Rapeseed Oil, Salt, Dried Cream (Cream (Milk), Whey Powder (Milk), Skimmed Milk Powder, Stabiliser: Diphosphates; Antioxidant: Fay Acid Esters of Ascorbic Acid), Citrus Fibre (Citrus Fibre, Sugar), Colours: Titanium Dioxide, Carotenes; Stabiliser: Xanthan Gum; Preservative: Potassium Sorbate; Concentrated Lemon Juice, Antioxidant: Calcium Disodium EDTA.

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.

  • E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
  • E171 Titanium dioxide Titanium dioxide is a white pigment.
  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
6 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.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 23 light mayonnaises

From least to most processed, this one ranks 23rd. 91% of the light mayonnaises 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 23 light mayonnaises, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489519737, last edited 29 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.