Is Bertolli Vodka Sauce ultra-processed?

125 g Pasta sauces Sold in the United States

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Sugar
Cheese

21 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score A

Less processed pasta sauces

Steel Cut Oats Quick Millville 1 ingredient · no additives NOVA group 1
Low Sodium Marinara Michaels of Brooklyn 7 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 1
Arrabbiata Sauce Michaels of Brooklyn 7 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 1
Mr Ridiculously Good's Smooth Tomato Bolognese Heinz 15 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 1

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

tomato puree (water, tomato paste), tomatoes (tomatoes, juice, calcium chloride (firming aid), citric acid), cream, onions, vodka, sugar (processing marker), parmesan (processing marker), romano cheeses (processing marker) (pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese cultures (from barley), salt (processing marker), enzymes), extra v

Additives: E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

TOMATO PUREE (WATER, TOMATO PASTE), DICED TOMATOES [TOMATOES, JUICE, CALCIUM CHLORIDE (FIRMING AID), CITRIC ACID], CREAM, ONIONS, VODKA, SUGAR, PARMESAN AND ROMANO CHEESES [PASTEURIZED PART-SKIM MILK, CHEESE CULTURES (FROM BARLEY), SALT, ENZYMES], EXTRA V

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 317 pasta sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 150th. 49% of the pasta 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 317 pasta sauces, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0036200219348, last edited 11 July 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 A (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.