Is it ultra-processed?
Menu

Is Branston Original Pickle ultra-processed?

360 g Pickled vegetables Sold in the United Kingdom, France and 2 more countries

Pack of Branston Original Pickle

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:

  • 25 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed pickled vegetables

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

mixed vegetables (carrot, rutabaga, onion, cauliflower, marrow, gherkin), sugar, vinegar, malt, barley, vinegar, eau-de-vie, salt, dates (with of rice), potatoes (preservative), modified corn starch, tomato paste, e150d, spices, concentrated lemon juice, onion, garlic extract

Additives: E150d Sulphite ammonia caramel , E220 Sulphur dioxide

As written on the pack

mixed vegetables (carrot, rutabaga, onion, cauliflower, marrow, gherkin), sugar, vinegar, malt (barley, vinegar, eau-de-vie, salt, chopped dates (with flour of rice), potatoes (preservative: sulphur dioxide), modified corn starch, tomato paste, e150d, spices, concentrated lemon juice, onion powder, garlic extract,

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.

  • E150d Sulphite ammonia caramel Sulphite ammonia caramel is the dark brown colour in colas and many sauces, made by heating sugars with sulphite and ammonia compounds.
  • 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.

  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 126 pickled vegetables

From least to most processed, this one ranks 111th. 47% of the pickled vegetables 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 126 pickled vegetables, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060336505025, last edited 13 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.