Is Bramwells Light Mayo ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 20 ingredients
- 5 additives
- Nutri-Score D
Less processed light mayonnaises
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
water, rapeseed oil, spirit vinegar, modified maize starch (ultra-processing marker), maize starch (processing marker), salt (processing marker), pasteurised free range egg yolk 1.5%, sugar (processing marker), stabilisers (guar gum (ultra-processing marker)), xanthan gum (ultra-processing marker), lime juice, preservative (processing marker) (potassium sorbate (processing marker)), natural mustard flavouring, antioxidant (calcium disodium edta), colour (ultra-processing marker) (paprika extract (ultra-processing marker)), concentrated carrot juice
Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E202 Potassium sorbate , E385 Calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate , E412 Guar gum , E415 Xanthan gum
As written on the pack
water, rapeseed oil, spirit vinegar, modified maize starch, maize starch, salt, reconstituted pasteurised free range egg yolk (1,5%), sugar, stabilisers: guar gum, xanthan gum, concentrated lime juice, preservative: potassium sorbate, natural mustard flavouring, antioxidant: calcium disodium edta, colour: paprika extract, concentrated carrot juice,
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.
- E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
- E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
- E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
- 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.
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.
- 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.
Among 23 light mayonnaises
From least to most processed, this one ranks 18th. 91% of the light mayonnaises here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600053493, last edited 9 June 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.