Is Bramwells Horseradish Sauce ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 21 ingredients
- 3 additives
- Nutri-Score D
Less processed dips
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
water, horseradish 25% (water, horseradish), horseradish 8% (horseradish, spirit vinegar, water), rapeseed oil, sugar (processing marker), modified maize starch (ultra-processing marker), acidity regulator (acetic acid), mustard, salt (processing marker), dried tumip, egg, colour (ultra-processing marker), tenium dimide preservatives (potassium sorbate (processing marker)), sodium metabisulphite
Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E223 Sodium metabisulphite , E260 Acetic acid
As written on the pack
water, reconstituted horseradish (25%) (water, dried horseradish), pickled horseradish (8%) (horseradish, spirit vinegar, water), rapeseed oil, sugar, modified maize starch, acidity regulator: acetic acid, mustard flour,salt, dried tumip, pasteurised dried egg powder, colour, tenium dimide preservatives: potassium sorbate, sodium metabisulphite,
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.
- 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.
4 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.
Among 433 dips
From least to most processed, this one ranks 355th. 43% of the dips here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600208534, 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 D (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.