Is Bertolli Sauce ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 18 ingredients
- 1 additive
- Nutri-Score B
Less processed sauces
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Tomato puree (water, tomato paste), tomatoes (tomatoes, juice, calcium chloride (firming aid), citric acid), wine, onions, sugar (processing marker), olive oil (processing marker), salt (processing marker), garlic, spices, citric acid, extra virgin olive oil (processing marker)
Additives: E330 Citric acid
As written on the pack
Tomato puree (water, tomato paste), diced tomatoes [tomatoes, juice, calcium chloride (firming aid), citric acid], burgundy wine, onions, sugar, olive oil, salt, garlic, spices, citric acid, extra virgin olive oil.
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.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Among 2,964 sauces
From least to most processed, this one ranks 1024th. 60% of the sauces here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0036200219324, last edited 3 August 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 B (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.