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Is Blue dragon Oyster Sauce imp ultra-processed?

Oyster sauces Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Blue dragon Oyster Sauce imp

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:

  • 27 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed oyster 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

Water, Sugar, Vegetable Protein, Modified Maize Starch, Salt, Dark Soy Sauce (Water, Salt, Sugar, Barley Malt Extract, Soya Bean, Colour (Plain Caramel), Yeast Extract, Spirit Vinegar, Wheat), Colour (Plain Caramel), Acidity Regulator (Lactic Acid), Ractract Paste (Yeast Extract, Salt), Oyster 0.3%, Yeast Preservative (Potassium Sorbate), Natural Flavouring

Additives: E150a Plain caramel , E202 Potassium sorbate , E270 Lactic acid

As written on the pack

Water, Sugar, Hydrolysed Vegetable Protein Powder, Modified Maize Starch, Salt, Dark Soy Sauce (Water, Salt, Sugar, Barley Malt Extract, Defatted Soya Bean Flakes, Colour (Plain Caramel), Yeast Extract, Spirit Vinegar, Wheat), Colour (Plain Caramel), Acidity Regulator (Lactic Acid), Ractract Paste (Yeast Extract, Salt), Dried Oyster Powder 0.3% (Mollusc), Yeast Preservative (Potassium Sorbate), Natural Flavouring

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.

  • E150a Plain caramel Plain caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • 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.

  • Plant protein An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
5 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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 13 oyster sauces

From least to most processed, this one ranks 13th. 77% of the oyster 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 13 oyster sauces, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5010338404314, last edited 27 March 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.